After upgrade linux header system doesn't see nvidia drivers

[Luca Nord]

After upgrade linux header system doesn't see nvidia drivers

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.04.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-25.25-generic 6.2.13
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
 664:1000:1000:0:2023-07-12 16:48:46.057973064 +0300:2023-07-12 16:48:46.057973064 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_pk-debconf-helper.1000.upload
 640:1000:115:203941:2023-07-12 16:48:42.834471940 +0300:2023-07-12 16:48:43.834471940 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_pk-debconf-helper.1000.crash
 600:108:115:37:2023-07-12 16:48:47.061791827 +0300:2023-07-12 16:48:47.061791827 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_pk-debconf-helper.1000.uploaded
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jul 12 17:42:30 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-06-30 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alexander Brissman (alexbriss)]

Same thing just happened to me... Got an update to 6.2.0-25-generic, rebooted and was welcomed by a black screen.

I was able to boot by plugging in to my AMD iGPU and noticed that the Nvidia driver was not loaded, and the package nvidia-dkms-535 was not installed. I installed it and rebooted and now it is working. Third time in a month now that a routine upgrade makes my system crash on boot :-/

Probably related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-535/+bug/2025640

[Andrew Tribick (ajtribick)]

Possibly related to the fact that there are no linux-modules-nvidia-535-6.2.0-25-generic or linux-objects-nvidia-535-6.2.0-25-generic packages in the repositories?

[Luca Nord (lucanord2211)]

That`s a good question

[Stéphane (stephane-treboux)]

Hello Andrew,

I personally experienced two different root causes for black screens during kernel updates:

1) apt is holding back linux-modules-nvidia-*-generic.
This happened to me at least three times.
This seems to be what happened to Alexander Brissman because Alexander could install the missing packages.

2) linux-modules-nvidia-535-6.2.0-25-generic does not exist.
This happened to me with the combination of linux-generic 6.2.0-25 and nvidia-driver-535.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules/+bug/2027914.

I also experienced a black screen during the update from nvidia-driver-525 to nvidia-driver-535.
This was without a kernel update.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-535/+bug/2025640.