Actually, this doesn't seem to be an error in the kernel itself.
It affects 16.04 and 14.04.5 with kernel 4.4.0-45 and is related to the propritary Nvidia driver later than 361.42.
Solution: go back to 361.42 which let's flux change the color immedieately after restarting lightdm.
See: https://github.com/xflux-gui/xflux-gui/issues/27
Can be closed here, or?
Actually, this doesn't seem to be an error in the kernel itself.
It affects 16.04 and 14.04.5 with kernel 4.4.0-45 and is related to the propritary Nvidia driver later than 361.42.
Solution: go back to 361.42 which let's flux change the color immedieately after restarting lightdm.
See: https:/ /github. com/xflux- gui/xflux- gui/issues/ 27
Can be closed here, or?