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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860306 Title: Linux kernel 5.3.0-26 breaks nvidia driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1860306/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs