I got hit by this too a while back. I don't expect a simple system upgrade to break my system. I ended up having to continue using an out- of-date kernel for some time as a result.
It's still not fixed with nvidia-367 and 4.4.0-59-generic. But manually editing /etc/default/grub and removing "splash" from the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT options, followed by executing update-grub2, does allow my system to boot with 4.4.0-59 (I didn't have to use "nomodeset"). I consider myself lucky. If this really affects *everyone* who simply uses the official Nvidia drivers, then I'm tempted to feel that these updates are not being tested adequately before release. I really hope that this testing will improve once this gets fixed, because things like this encourage users to leave their systems out of date and possibly risk security issues just to ensure that they at least *work*. It certainly doesn't encourage *me* to update my system very often (and I'm bad enough about that as it is). -- 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
