Had the same issue on 14.04 with HWE kernel. Last Friday morning I got offered the -116 kernel - which broke the nvidia driver module, forcing me to revert back to the -112 kernel.
Only today (not checked during the weekend) I got offered the compiler update, from 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3 to 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4. Didn't re-install the -116 kernel yet, but given other people's experiences I trust that should now go fine. However, it does show that there seems to be some dependency or distribution issue between this kernel and the required compiler version, offering the kernel update before the compiler update was available, and not holding off the kernel update if the compiler update isn't in place yet. -- 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/1750937 Title: 4.4.0-116 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers (on 14.04 and 16.04) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Running fine with nvidia-384 until this kernel update came along. When booted into the new kernel, got super low resolution and nvidia- settings was missing most of its functionality - could not change resolution. Rebooted into 4.4.0-112 kernel and all was well. The root cause of the problem has been found to be installing the -116 kernel without a sufficiently updated version of gcc. In my case, my system received the gcc update AFTER the kernel update. Uninstalling the -116 kernel and reinstalling it with the updated version of gcc solved the problem for me. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135~14.04.1-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 384.111 Tue Dec 19 23:51:45 PST 2017 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Wed Feb 21 19:23:39 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1c82] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:6253] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-03 (1086 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M11AD ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic root=UUID=5a88d2a1-0a24-415b-adc2-28435b13248a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0302 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M11AD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0302:bd08/15/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnM11AD:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnM11AD:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: M11AD dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20160425-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.14.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 21 18:48:14 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1750937/+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