I found a way to fix my issue. I ran the following commands to remove pre-existing nvidia drivers and downloaded and installed the drivers from your repository. After rebooting, Xsession became visible. Finally a success.
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go into tty1. Login to tty1. sudo apt-get purge nvidia-* sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-375 -y -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1676102 Title: 375.39 cannot install on EFI booted ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.8.0-41-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-375/+bug/1676102/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs