Issue happened again after today's system update. The problem is causing the Nvidia device to not even been detected:
frontend@frontend:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia frontend@frontend:~$ sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration' configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 configuration: latency=0 After running steps listed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1129516 /black-screen-at-boot-after-nvidia-driver-installation-on- ubuntu-18-04-2-lts The card is correctly detected again: frontend@frontend:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia nvidia_uvm 937984 0 nvidia_drm 45056 3 nvidia_modeset 1110016 6 nvidia_drm nvidia 20422656 249 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset drm_kms_helper 172032 2 nvidia_drm,i915 drm 401408 8 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm,i915 ipmi_msghandler 53248 2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia frontend@frontend:~$ sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration' [sudo] password for frontend: configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879333 Title: [nvidia] Black screen on loading latest system update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/+bug/1879333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs