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I updated my kernel, and the system seems to be working just fine. Everything is stable, I just get glitchy graphics when the system is loading.

The "loading" text glitches through the Gnome loading screen.

Should I be worried about it?

I'm using an NVidia gtx 980 with 370.23 drivers

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  • Does it show a text-based Ubuntu loading screen on a black background? – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Sep 07 '16 at 15:59
  • yes exactly that. it shows that and the gnome screen at the same time, only glitching where the text is, but the system after boot works just fine Edit: only shows about 5-10 lines and boots in to the log in screen – tomkis Sep 07 '16 at 16:04

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From the comments:

Me: Does it show a text-based Ubuntu loading screen on a black background?

You: yes exactly that. it shows that and the gnome screen at the same time, only glitching where the text is, but the system after boot works just fine Edit: only shows about 5-10 lines and boots in to the log in screen

Don't worry about it at all. That simply means that the kernel upgrade broke KMS, which was a feature only very recently added anyway. All that means is that the driver handoff for the boot screen isn't working properly.

But, that has ZERO effect on anything after the system is booted. So you're fine.

If you want to try to fix it, you can try following this answer, but as always, no guarantees.

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