A debdiff between the packages shows the difference is mainly a version upgrade from 304.131 to 304.132.
And it seems a lot of people are experiencing problems with version 304.132, cf https://devtalk.nvidia.com/search/more/sitecommentsearch/304.132/ A specific thread retained my attention: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/968892/linux/geforce-7300le- with-304-132-glxinfo-fails-now-with-quot-x-error-of-failed-request- badvalue-quot-/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639180 Title: no login possible after update to nvidia 304.132 Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS NVIDIA driver: - nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 - update to version 304.132 dpkg.log: upgrade nvidia-304-updates:amd64 304.131-0ubuntu3 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - reboot - lightdm login screen - login - a few seconds some flickering - and the lightdm login screen appears again It is not possible to login. Unity is not loading. .xsession-errors: X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 155 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext) Value in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 34 Current serial number in output stream: 35 See also bug 1634802 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1639180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
