Public bug reported: The driver appears to be working fine but does not show as being in use in "Additional Drivers" (i.e. jockey-gtk). I have seen this listed elsewhere but fixed for Lucid ages ago so it may be a regression.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/547066 I do get compiz effects like wobbly windows and nouveau is not loaded (lsmod | grep -i nouveau) so I am presuming this driver IS in use. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.2-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Apr 28 18:23:40 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=b111d1f4-6feb-4c4c-9506-79ea4d45dd67 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: jockey UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/05/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786G1 v01.16 dmi.board.asset.tag: AUD94708BS dmi.board.name: 3031h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.asset.tag: AUD94708BS dmi.chassis.type: 4 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786G1v01.16:bd03/05/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7900SmallFormFactor:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3031h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard ** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772204 Title: nvidia driver showing as "activated but not in use" on Natty with latest updates -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs