Xenial server 16.04.x will have a black screen after PXE installation

Asked by Mark W Wenning

Technical team in China is finding the following problem:

"The display will keep black screen after install 16.04.x via PXE(need use "Ctrl+Alt+F1" to change to terminal 1, then can see text mode screen)"

Quanta team is installing Xenial server using PXE boot. After the installation, the console will show a black screen. Hitting ctl-alt-f1 displays the text mode screen OK.

I am trying to find out how they are PXE booting, with what image, etc. will

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AaronLan (aaron-lan) said :
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Ubuntu server 16.04 and 16.04.01 both are occur this issue.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you install the ubuntu-desktop package is it OK after a reboot

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Mark W Wenning (mwenning) said :
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China team answered : this is a server install, not desktop.

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