Christopher M. Penalver, I am not so sure the workaround is easy to implement. A regular user is unlikely to find this bug report and would probably not know how to parse any of the comments here even if they did. And this bug was triggered by a system update. Just imagine somebody who can barely edit a text file rebooting into a blank screen.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638990 Title: nvidia-367 with kernel 4.4.0-45-generic won't boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After I upgraded the nvidia drivers, I could no longer boot via kernel 4.4.0-45-generic. WORKAROUND: Use nouveau. WORKAROUND: Boot with already installed kernel 4.4.0-31-generic. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: lost 2248 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: lost 2248 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: lost 2248 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Nov 3 12:12:55 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cf59c168-54d0-45b9-b633-240bd76bbaa6 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-01 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) MachineType: LENOVO 11361Q0 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic root=/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root ro nomodeset quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-45-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-45-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.4 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: A3KT57AUS dmi.board.name: LENOVO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: NO DPK dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 573921 dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: NONE dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrA3KT57AUS:bd09/29/2016:svnLENOVO:pn11361Q0:pvrThinkStationC30:rvnLENOVO:rnLENOVO:rvrNODPK:cvnLENOVO:ct7:cvrNONE: dmi.product.name: 11361Q0 dmi.product.version: ThinkStation C30 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1638990/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp