10de:0fc8 No nvidia proprietary drivers offered in x64

[ciryon]

Hello

I've switched from ubuntu 14.04 32 bits to 14.04 64 bits.

In the additional driver tab of my system parametrers, the usual nvidia proprietary driver which wera appearing in the 32 bits version does not appears in the 64 bits version.

As a workaround, I've installed this PPA : https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa but the system refuses to add the updates after this PPa is installed because it says the updates have not been verified....I have not have this problem on 32 bits...
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1604c98d-ec9c-4c56-b311-87ad841b3f2c
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-31 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=2145f258-16d8-4edf-b411-7958d94b8fd4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-35-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-35-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.127.5
RfKill:

Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 10/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: DPP3510J.86A.0293.2007.1002.1519
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DG33BU
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD79951-406
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrDPP3510J.86A.0293.2007.1002.1519:bd10/02/2007:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG33BU:rvrAAD79951-406:cvn:ct2:cvr:

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1363661

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

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Hello

I've updated my bios with an ISO image to version 572.

After reboot, I wento to the update manager to check but the only additional drivers proposed are those given by the PPA (see my fist post).

yann@yann-desktop:~$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
[sudo] password for yann:
DPP3510J.86A.0572.2009.0715.2346
07/15/2009

[penalvch (penalvch)]

ciryon, given the drivers are offered in 32-bit, but not x64, this may that ubuntu-drivers-common is not configured appropriately to offer the drivers for x64. Let an investigation into this be the next step.

[ciryon (ciryon03)]

Thanks. Should I do something ?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

ciryon, it wouldn't hurt to test Utopic, and see if this is resolved in it via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

[ciryon (ciryon03)]

I usually install only LTS now.

Do you mean by "testing" that I try a live-cd session ?

[ciryon (ciryon03)]

Hello

I come back to see if there is any updates.

So What do you want me to do with Utopic : try is as a live-session or install it on a new partition parralel to Trusty ?

[ciryon (ciryon03)]

Someone on the Ubuntu forum : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2247205&page=2&p=13137953#post13137953
Told me that "Looks like the GT740 wasn't supported until nvidia-337, and Ubuntu 14.04 only has nvidia-331. Perhaps this is why it didn't offer any additional driver.'
Checking nvidia site : http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/76278/en-us
I found this for the 337.25 version :

Added support for the following GPUs:

    GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    GeForce GT 740
    GeForce 830M
    GeForce 840M
    GeForce 845M
    GeForce GTX 850M