# Fixing black screens after suspend on Ubuntu 25.10 with NVIDIA 580 drivers

DevFeed: [Fixing black screens after suspend on Ubuntu 25.10 with NVIDIA 580 drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/when-ubuntu-updates-break-nvidia-again-25164.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.ivanmorgillo.com/2025/12/11/when-ubuntu-updates-break-nvidia-again/>)

Author: Ivan Morgillo

Published: 2025-12-11T09:18:40Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Ivan Morgillo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ivan-morgillo.md>)

Topics: [Nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boot.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [xfce](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xfce.md>)

Tags: [black-screen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/black-screen.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [driver-fix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/driver-fix.md>), [drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drivers.md>), [grub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grub.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [suspend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/suspend.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [xfce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xfce.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial describes a black screen occurring when an Ubuntu system resumes from suspend with NVIDIA drivers. For Ubuntu 25.10 and NVIDIA 580 drivers, it reports that disabling NVIDIA DRM modesetting in the GRUB configuration resolved the issue and preserved the XFCE session after wake-up.

## Source excerpt

Every now and then I update Ubuntu, sip my coffee, install all-the-things... and everything looks fine. Until I suspend. Because of course the moment the PC suspends, NVIDIA decides to have an existential crisis. I start the machine again and black screen. GODDAMMIT! This happened again today, and because Future Me will not remember any [...]