Comment 0 for bug 1819077

nvidia-340 (from xenial-proposed) does not work with kernel from linux-generic-hwe-16.04.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-142.168-generic 4.4.167
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.104 Thu Sep 14 17:13:13 PDT 2017
 GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.11)
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: root: clean, 221224/1281120 files, 2095043/5120000 blocks
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-46-generic
Date: Fri Mar 8 01:23:53 2019
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.15.0-46-generic, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-142-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-340, 340.107, 4.4.0-142-generic, x86_64: installed
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-340:340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.1:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.107/build/uvm/nvidia_uvm_lite.c:857:14: error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G84GLM [Quadro FX 570M] [10de:040c] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company G84GLM [Quadro FX 570M] [103c:30c5]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-21 (1202 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
LightdmGreeterLogOld:
 ** Message: Starting lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.1 (Aug 7 2015, 01:24:18)
 ** Message: [Configuration] Reading file: /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.d/01_ubuntu.conf
 ** Message: [Configuration] Reading file: /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.d/30_xubuntu.conf
 ** Message: [Configuration] Reading file: /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
 upstart: indicator-application main process (970) killed by TERM signal
PackageVersion: 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-142-generic root=UUID=bdc3be24-dee9-4ead-bca0-c9b1e45a87e5 ro persistent quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.29ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
Title: nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.1: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MVD Ver. F.20
dmi.board.name: 30C5
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 71.36
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68MVDVer.F.20:bd12/01/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pn:pvrF.20:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C5:rvrKBCVersion71.36:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.version: F.20
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia-340_hybrid.conf: [deleted]
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 7 23:28:16 2019
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8