I'm still confused as to why there is such a divergence in what ubuntu- drivers shows versus what's in apt. On my Ubuntu 24.04.1 system as of today (2024-09-23) here is the difference between the two:
# ubuntu-drivers list nvidia-driver-550-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-550-open-generic) nvidia-driver-550, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-550-generic) nvidia-driver-470-server, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-470-server-generic) nvidia-driver-470, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-470-generic) nvidia-driver-535-server, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-generic) nvidia-driver-535, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-generic) nvidia-driver-535-server-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-open-generic) nvidia-driver-535-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-open-generic) *note the lack of nvidia-driver-550-server # apt list nvidia-driver* nvidia-driver-460-server/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-460/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-465/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-470-server/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-470/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-510/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515-server/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-520-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-520/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-525-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-525-server/now 525.147.05-0ubuntu2.22.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-525/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-530-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-530/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-server-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.06-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-server/noble-updates,noble-security,now 535.183.06-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic] nvidia-driver-535/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-open/noble-updates,noble-security 550.107.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-server-open/noble-updates,noble-security 550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-server/noble-updates,noble-security 550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550/noble-updates,noble-security 550.107.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Why are there so many more drivers available in apt versus what is shown using the recommended ubuntu-drivers tool? Of course I don't care so much about older drivers, but I'd like to use nvidia-driver-550-server. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062967 Title: ubuntu-drivers no longer offers nvidia 550 drivers Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: While I am unclear which package update impacted the video drivers detected by ubuntu-drivers, the nvidia 545 and nvidia 550 video drivers are no longer shown as an option on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 video card. I can understand the removal of the nvidia 545 drivers as the current kernel's linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-28-generic package lacks signatures for the nvidia 545 kernel modules for secure boot but the nvidia 550 kernel modules signatures are available. So while it would be acceptable to downgrade the 'tested' default nvidia driver to 535, ubuntu-drivers and Additional Drivers should be offering the nvidia 550 drivers as an untested option. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/2062967/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
