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

Question

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?

Yes I tried version 5 almost the same day it came out and discovered it didn't work with nvidia. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Aug 03 '19 at 15:29
It works with my GTX 1050 Ti. I use the 390 driver, which recently got an update. — Organic Marble, Aug 03 '19 at 15:49
@WinEunuuchs2Unix good to know I'm not the only one. Did you find a work around? — user581580, Aug 03 '19 at 17:51
@user581580 Nah I really didn't care. My day to day kernel is 4.14 LTS which is good for 5 years. My current version is 4.14.134. I just like to try new stuff as it comes out and go back to what works great. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Aug 03 '19 at 17:54
I use the drivers from the graphics-drivers ppa here: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=bionic I see the 340 driver got updated on 7/31 just like the 390 one did. I'd try installing the driver from this ppa, could be a quick fix. — Organic Marble, Aug 03 '19 at 17:55
@OrganicMarble i have 340.107 downloaded from the "softwares and updates". Is the one from this ppa different? — user581580, Aug 03 '19 at 20:50
Only a couple of packages were different. I don't know how critical those are to making it work. — Organic Marble, Aug 03 '19 at 20:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '19 at 14:45

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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

answered Aug 03 '19 at 14:45

taci7

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Just to be sure, I did a clean install and problem still persists. I now downgraded to 4.18 kernel and I can boot with Nvidia. Thanks for the links! – user581580 Aug 03 '19 at 20:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '19 at 18:46

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This screenshot shows a test system of mine running the 5.0.0-23 kernel.

It has an Nvidia GeForce 8200M card and is running the 340.107 driver from the graphics ppa.

(This happens to be a 19.04 system, but it's running the same kernel as the new one in 18.04 LTS HWE. It's a 64 bit Ubuntu system with the LXDE desktop installed.)

answered Aug 03 '19 at 18:46

Organic Marble

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I have exactly this setup and doesn't work. I even did a clean install and still the problem persists. – user581580 Aug 03 '19 at 20:47
@user581580 I've had an enormous amount of problems with video drivers on this system. I was really surprised that this worked. – Organic Marble Aug 03 '19 at 20:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '20 at 04:36

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I installed the newest driver with Kernel v4.xx.xx and it wouldn't run. I then installed Kernel v5.xx.xx and the driver now works/

answered Jan 08 '20 at 04:36

Kevin Senecal

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Thanks for sharing. I might give it a try. Up till now I prevented driver from updating. – user581580 Jan 09 '20 at 12:05

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

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