Problem still persists with 18.04 running nvidia-396 drivers. More details here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030466/ubuntu-18-04-keeps-freezing-nvidia
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731768 Title: Random desktop freeze Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since the last update (384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 to 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) I experience random desktop freezes. To recover I have to switch to tty1 and do a restart of the lightdm service. This has the consequence of closing all running applications. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Nov 12 16:13:56 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-19 (358 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-384/+bug/1731768/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp