ian@pc:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-driver dpkg-query: no packages found matching nvidia-driver
:) If I look for anything starting with that, it's ian@pc:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-driver* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-====================-===========================-============-=============> ii nvidia-driver-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver> un nvidia-driver-binary <none> <none> (no descripti> Looking for everything nvidia... ian@pc:~$ dpkg -l nvidia* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=========================-===========================-============-=============================================== un nvidia-384 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-390 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-common <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-compute-utils <none> <none> (no description available) rc nvidia-compute-utils-390 390.116-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-compute-utils-430 430.50-0ubuntu2 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-compute-utils-435 435.21-0ubuntu7 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-compute-utils-450 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.20.10.2 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities ii nvidia-compute-utils-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-compute-utils-495 495.46-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-compute-utils-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities rc nvidia-dkms-390 390.116-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package rc nvidia-dkms-430 430.50-0ubuntu2 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package rc nvidia-dkms-435 435.21-0ubuntu7 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package rc nvidia-dkms-450 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.20.10.2 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package ii nvidia-dkms-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package rc nvidia-dkms-495 495.46-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package rc nvidia-dkms-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package un nvidia-dkms-kernel <none> <none> (no description available) ii nvidia-driver-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage un nvidia-driver-binary <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-egl-wayland-common <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-common <none> <none> (no description available) rc nvidia-kernel-common-390 390.116-0ubuntu1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module rc nvidia-kernel-common-430 430.50-0ubuntu2 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module rc nvidia-kernel-common-435 435.21-0ubuntu7 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module rc nvidia-kernel-common-450 450.102.04-0ubuntu0.20.10.2 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module ii nvidia-kernel-common-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module rc nvidia-kernel-common-495 495.46-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module rc nvidia-kernel-common-510 510.47.03-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module un nvidia-kernel-source <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-source-390 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-source-430 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-source-435 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-source-450 <none> <none> (no description available) ii nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package un nvidia-kernel-source-495 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-kernel-source-510 <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-libopencl1-dev <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-opencl-icd <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-persistenced <none> <none> (no description available) ii nvidia-prime 0.8.17.1 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime ii nvidia-settings 470.57.01-0ubuntu3 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver un nvidia-settings-binary <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-smi <none> <none> (no description available) un nvidia-utils <none> <none> (no description available) ii nvidia-utils-470 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries (Obviously, I'm using the 470 drivers at the moment, because THEY WORK. I'll install the 510 ones via 'Software & Updates', reboot, see what happens, undo that, and come back. Is it worth saying again that the same thing happened with the 495 ones last month?) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960621 Title: Nvidia 510 drivers result in failure to start GUI on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-510/+bug/1960621/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs