I do not see how signing itself would be the cause. That could be tested, if there was linux-image-unsigned-4.4.0-143-generic available in xenial-proposed. However, there are other changes in 4.4.0-143-generic that might be the cause for incompatibility between the kernel and the nvidia driver.
I do not see how signing itself would be the cause. That could be tested, if there was linux-image- unsigned- 4.4.0-143- generic available in xenial-proposed. However, there are other changes in 4.4.0-143-generic that might be the cause for incompatibility between the kernel and the nvidia driver.