I have similar big problem with kernel and latest nvidia drivers but i do not secure boot in my machine. When Ubuntu install new kernel and boot. nvidia drivers not loaded in kernel. And system crashing.
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. using nvidia 390 drivers. lspci | grep NVIDIA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] (rev a1) modprobe nvidia modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_390': Operation not permitted apt list dkms -a Listing... ok dkms/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,now 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5 all [installed] dkms/xenial,xenial 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11 all ls -la dkms.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1197 kesä 19 18:17 dkms.conf lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial uname -a Linux valvoja-System-Product-Name 4.4.0-128-generic #154-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 25 14:15:18 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574732 Title: Regression: Kernel Update in 16.04 from last days renders nvidia driver unusable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shim/+bug/1574732/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs