As a workaround I did the following: sudo systemctl disable nvidia-persistenced.service
sudo apt remove nvidia-prime sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf and uncomment #WaylandEnable=false -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693123 Title: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin /nvidia-persistenced: No such file or directory Status in Nvidia: New Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nvidia-persistenced package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If you install the nvidia-384 package, you get an enabled nvidia persistenced.service that fails to start up on boot, because it tries to launch /usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced which doesn’t exist (the binary is actually at /usr/lib/nvidia-384/bin/nvidia-persistenced). $ systemctl status nvidia-persistenced.service ● nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2017-12-20 19:20:45 EST; 7min ago Process: 1265 ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf /var/run/nvidia-persistenced (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1262 ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced --user nvidia-persistenced --no-persistence-mode --verbose (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1]: Starting NVIDIA Persistence Daemon... Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1262]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1262]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced: No such file or directory Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=203 Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 20 19:20:45 change-mode systemd[1]: Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia/+bug/1693123/+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
