[Nvidia] No graphics with linux-image-6.8.0-40

[Ken Sharp]

My system updated from linux-image-6.8.0-38-generic to linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic and now the graphics do not work at all. I get a completely black screen and don't know how to proceed.

-38 still works fine (I'm using it now).

Driver is from nvidia-driver-470.

I will do the usual upstream checks, if possible, and update.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-38.38~22.04.1-generic 6.8.8
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Aug 3 00:29:41 2024
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-6.8
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Syslog shows a bunch of these repeated with the -40 kernel:

kernel: [ 21.617137] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol sme_me_mask
kernel: [ 21.617149] nvidia: Unknown symbol sme_me_mask (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617213] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol acpi_walk_namespace
kernel: [ 21.617215] nvidia: Unknown symbol acpi_walk_namespace (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617257] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol pcibios_resource_to_bus
kernel: [ 21.617259] nvidia: Unknown symbol pcibios_resource_to_bus (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617280] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol unmap_mapping_range
kernel: [ 21.617283] nvidia: Unknown symbol unmap_mapping_range (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617309] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol __tracepoint_mmap_lock_acquire_returned
kernel: [ 21.617356] nvidia: Unknown symbol __tracepoint_mmap_lock_acquire_returned (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617389] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol dev_driver_string
kernel: [ 21.617391] nvidia: Unknown symbol dev_driver_string (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617416] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol register_acpi_notifier
kernel: [ 21.617417] nvidia: Unknown symbol register_acpi_notifier (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617425] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol numa_node
kernel: [ 21.617427] nvidia: Unknown symbol numa_node (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617435] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol i2c_del_adapter
kernel: [ 21.617436] nvidia: Unknown symbol i2c_del_adapter (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617446] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol drm_gem_object_free
kernel: [ 21.617447] nvidia: Unknown symbol drm_gem_object_free (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617457] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol close_fd
kernel: [ 21.617458] nvidia: Unknown symbol close_fd (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617472] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol __x86_indirect_thunk_r14
kernel: [ 21.617473] nvidia: Unknown symbol __x86_indirect_thunk_r14 (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617515] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol __cpu_online_mask
kernel: [ 21.617516] nvidia: Unknown symbol __cpu_online_mask (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617532] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol __cpu_possible_mask
kernel: [ 21.617533] nvidia: Unknown symbol __cpu_possible_mask (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617550] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol kernel_read
kernel: [ 21.617551] nvidia: Unknown symbol kernel_read (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617601] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol __register_chrdev
kernel: [ 21.617603] nvidia: Unknown symbol __register_chrdev (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617621] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol dma_map_resource
kernel: [ 21.617623] nvidia: Unknown symbol dma_map_resource (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617639] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol seq_read_iter
kernel: [ 21.617640] nvidia: Unknown symbol seq_read_iter (err -22)
kernel: [ 21.617668] nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol up_read
kernel: [ 21.617669] nvidia: Unknown symbol up_read (err -22)