Linux kernel 5.3.0-26 breaks nvidia driver

[Max Poorman]

Upon installation of kernel update 5.3.0.26.95, after a reboot,
Second screen would not come on and nvidia control panel was missing majority of options
Graphics driver settings could not be changed and upon reinstallation attempt of nvidia driver 390, installation failed and drivers became corrupted. Ended up reinstalling OS, but discovered later that booting in an older kernel fixed the issue.

VERSION.LOG:

Ubuntu 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2-generic 5.0.21

Release:

Description: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
Release: 19.3

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[Serge CLAUS (serge-t)]

My syslog:
Jan 20 21:20:26 pollux gpu-manager[997]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/5.3.0-26-generic/updates/dkms
Jan 20 21:20:27 pollux gpu-manager[997]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/5.3.0-26-generic/updates/dkms

[Serge CLAUS (serge-t)]

I confirm: /lib/modules/5.3.0-26-generic/updates is missing

[Serge CLAUS (serge-t)]

Using dkms manually:
sudo dkms install -m nvidia -v 390.116 -k 5.3.0-26-generic

DKMS make.log for nvidia-390.116 for kernel 5.3.0-26-generic (x86_64)
lundi 20 janvier 2020, 22:05:02 (UTC+0100)
make[1] : on entre dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.0-26-generic »
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo >&2; \
echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \

[Arammys Augusto (arammys)]

Same hear, when a updated my kernel version broke my system. I was using KDE neon testing edition and i think was bacause of this, then a reinstall my OS same thing... then i realize was that... someone has the solution? or near... Sorry about my english is not my first language.

[André Desgualdo Pereira (desgua)]

As stated here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=309784 the problem is that "Nvidia 390.116 driver does not have support for the 5.3 kernel, but the newer 390.129 version does".

[André Desgualdo Pereira (desgua)]

Kernel 5.0 works fine and can be used to boot and reinstall Nvidia driver if needed.

[Terry Rudd (terrykrudd)]

could you please test with the latest 5.3.0-29 kernel?

[Diego (linuxmant)]

I kept having the same issue for the last 6 months of updates (aprox).
Today I found the solution that worked for me at least; I hope this can help others.

Clean up ALL and fresh install NVIDIA drivers from ppa:graphics-drivers

sudo apt purge nvidia* libnvidia* screen-resolution-extras
sudo apt autoremove

dpkg -l | grep nvidia ** to make sure no nvidia pkg was left (i found 1 more), if any -> purge it

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440 nvidia-dkms-440

** saw a line stating that the linux headers were not installed **

sudo apt install linux-headers-5.3.0-26 (replace with your current kernel version)

While doing this I see several messages of the nvidia module being built.

sudo reboot

Happiness!!!

[André Desgualdo Pereira (desgua)]

I sure can! But I need some direction where to get it. I found this site: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ but I didn't find the kernel 5.3.0-29.

[Adam Smith (aasmith)]

Easy fix that worked for me (on Mint 19.3): in the Driver Manager, an older Nvidia driver was selected (390). I manually changed it to 435, and on reboot I had my 2nd monitor back.

[Terry Rudd (terrykrudd)]

to enable propose - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

[Seiichi Nakashima (ubuntu-linuxer)]

my PC have 4 paratitions to use mbr, and every partitions install ubuntu-18.04.3.
I checked this problem at /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2, and same result.

Today I use proposed update in software-updater at /dev/sda2 environment.
ubuntu-18.04.3 kernel-5.3.0-28 seem to work fine, but after login few min. slow.
then /dev/sda1 ubuntu-18.04.3 do samethings /dev/sda2,
but ubuntu-18.04.3 kernel-5.3.0-28 hung up, cannot use gui, only mouse moving can do.

[André Desgualdo Pereira (desgua)]

I've enable proposed following guidance from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed and tested the kernel 5.3.0-28 (kernel 5.3.0-29 isn't available from that channel).
I confirm Nvidia driver is break by kernel 5.3.0-28 (as much as kernel 5.3.0-26).

[Jizhou Yang (teamchalise)]

This is fixed for nvidia 390 drivers in 390.116 (tested on kernel 5.3.0-26).

See #1851162