Apparently disabling boot splash by removing "splash" from the kernel commandline is also a workaround for this issue. So I to not thnik it is a kernel-issue anymore. So I changed it to nvidia-current because both linux-image and nvidia-current had been was upgraded prior.
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) -- Xorg fails with "NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate primary buffer: out of memory." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607490 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

