I kept having the same issue for the last 6 months of updates (aprox). Today I found the solution that worked for me at least; I hope this can help others.
Clean up ALL and fresh install NVIDIA drivers from ppa:graphics-drivers sudo apt purge nvidia* libnvidia* screen-resolution-extras sudo apt autoremove dpkg -l | grep nvidia ** to make sure no nvidia pkg was left (i found 1 more), if any -> purge it sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440 nvidia-dkms-440 ** saw a line stating that the linux headers were not installed ** sudo apt install linux-headers-5.3.0-26 (replace with your current kernel version) While doing this I see several messages of the nvidia module being built. sudo reboot Happiness!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860306 Title: Linux kernel 5.3.0-26 breaks nvidia driver Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upon installation of kernel update 5.3.0.26.95, after a reboot, Second screen would not come on and nvidia control panel was missing majority of options Graphics driver settings could not be changed and upon reinstallation attempt of nvidia driver 390, installation failed and drivers became corrupted. Ended up reinstalling OS, but discovered later that booting in an older kernel fixed the issue. VERSION.LOG: Ubuntu 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2-generic 5.0.21 Release: Description: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia Release: 19.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1860306/+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
