[Bug 1597813] [NEW] Ubuntu 16.04 unable to boot on Raspberry Pi 3

[Cerin]

Public bug reported:

I'm trying to run the Ubuntu 16.04 ARM image, published at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi/RaspberryPi3, but during boot,
it will routinely give me one of two errors:

    "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"

    "null pointer exception"

Either message is fatal and requires me to manually power-cycle the Pi
to continue. Often, the error will reoccur, but after 3 or 4 cycles it
will usually boot successfully.

To rule out hardware problems, I've tested two different Pi3, as well as
several SD cards, doing write checks on the SD cards to ensure there are
no faults. These errors have occurred on many different combinations of
Pi3s and cards, implying it's a software issue.

** Affects: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Ubuntu 16.04 unable to boot on Raspberry Pi 3

Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm trying to run the Ubuntu 16.04 ARM image, published at
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi/RaspberryPi3, but during boot,
  it will routinely give me one of two errors:

      "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"

      "null pointer exception"

  Either message is fatal and requires me to manually power-cycle the Pi
  to continue. Often, the error will reoccur, but after 3 or 4 cycles it
  will usually boot successfully.

  To rule out hardware problems, I've tested two different Pi3, as well
  as several SD cards, doing write checks on the SD cards to ensure
  there are no faults. These errors have occurred on many different
  combinations of Pi3s and cards, implying it's a software issue.

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