Comment 18 for bug 1634802

I've found a hack that will enable nvidia module to insert into kernel:

Uncomment this line:
#PATCH[1]="buildfix_kernel_4.3.patch"

in file /usr/src/nvidia-304-304.132/dkms.conf
then sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-304

In Ubuntu 16.04 it was uncommented, because there were some mtrr changes in 4.3.0 kernel. This patch works for 4.8.0 kernel also.

Module works, but something is wrong with acceleration, because Unity is not working. This should throw some light on it:

$ glxgears
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Value in failed request: 0x0
  Serial number of failed request: 30
  Current serial number in output stream: 31

but running as sudo works

$ sudo glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
303 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.420 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.928 FPS

I'm currently using gnome-session-flashback with metacity.