Cannot change display driver in Software & Updates

Bug #1874819 reported by Christians
12
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-properties (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Fresh 20.04 install: after changing from proprietary nvidia 440 driver to nouveau and restart, the Software & Updates does not allow me to change back to the proprietary drivers, as the buttons are now greyed out.

Workaround:
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices # shows available drivers
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.98.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 24 15:20:08 2020
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.8
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Christians (script-vollbio) wrote :
description: updated
description: updated
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Could you give the output of this command?

$ ubuntu-drivers debug

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Christians (script-vollbio) wrote :

Thank you for looking into this. I have attached the requested file.

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.