Ubuntu – Nvidia drivers broken after kernel update (Ubuntu 18.04 + kernel 5)

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Seems I cannot boot into Ubuntu anymore after kernel is updated to version 5. Booting hangs and I have to purge Nvidia and use xorg driver in order to be able to login.

Anyone else has the same issue?

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Yeah, NVIDA binary drivers will need to be updated to a version that supports kernel 5.

Check out this thread for more information and some solutions, most of which are to boot back to your previous working kernel. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/ax3msr/beware_of_kernel_50_nvidia/

You can do this easily following these instructions: https://askubuntu.com/a/82145/981644

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Ubuntu – Black screen when in nvidia mode after updating to kernel 3.13.0-45

I was having exactly the same problem with nvidia-346 and kernel 3.13.0-45 on Ubuntu 14.04 amd64. After too many hours of searching and experimentation, I managed to fix it. I explain the whole problem along with a solution in detail here: http://vxlabs.com/2015/02/05/solving-the-ubuntu-14-04-nvidia-346-nvidia-prime-black-screen-issue/

In short, try the following:

Switch to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and stop lightdm: sudo service lightdm stop
Disable gpu-manager by commenting out everything in /etc/init/gpu-manager.conf
Switch to nvidia mode by doing sudo prime-select nvidia
Change your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look like the one at the bottom of this answer, making sure that the nvidia BusId is correct (check with lspci):
Start X up again with sudo lightdm start

If after this you still get a black screen, please double-check that your xorg.conf has not been reset to the configuration without modesetting. If so, make sure that lightdm has been stopped and gpu-manager disabled before you edit the xorg.conf to change the intel driver to modesetting.

Switching back to Intel you will have to stop lightdm, re-enable gpu-manager, activate intel mode with sudo prime-select intel and then restart X with sudo service lightdm start.

It's very possible that later versions of gpu-manager might have fixed this behaviour.

Here's the correct xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier "layout"
  Screen 0 "nvidia"
  Inactive "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "intel"
  Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "intel"
 Device "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "nvidia"
  Driver "nvidia"
  BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "nvidia"
  Device "nvidia"
  Option "UseDisplayDevice" "None"
EndSection

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