Dear all, I am so glad I can post a solution (or at least workaround) for this.
Instead of downgrading from 304.132 to the previous version 304.131, I've followed the suggestion on http://askubuntu.com/questions/845632/nvidia-304-132-driver-update-wont- boot and checked which nVidia driver version should be compatible with my graphic card at http://www.geforce.com/drivers. It came out that I should install version 340.98, which I did and subsequently were able to login into my user session again. Just why Ubuntu 16.04 LTS automatic upgrade mechanism thinks my nVidia 8600 GT graphic card should work with version 304 of these drivers is probably due to some misconfiguration bugs or similar. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, 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 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/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
