Update the 470 NVIDIA driver to 470.86
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Hirsute |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Impish |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alberto Milone |
Bug Description
Update the 470 NVIDIA series in Bionic, Focal, Hirsute, and Impish.
[Impact]
These releases provide both bug fixes and new features, and we would like to
make sure all of our users have access to these improvements.
See the changelog entry below for a full list of changes and bugs.
[Test Case]
The following development and SRU process was followed:
https:/
Certification test suite must pass on a range of hardware:
https:/
The QA team that executed the tests will be in charge of attaching the artifacts and console output of the appropriate run to the bug. nVidia maintainers team members will not mark ‘verification-done’ until this has happened.
[Regression Potential]
In order to mitigate the regression potential, the results of the
aforementioned system level tests are attached to this bug.
[Discussion]
[Changelog]
== 470 ==
* New upstream release (LP: #1950665):
- Fixed a regression which prevented DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1
variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors from
functioning correctly in variable refresh rate mode, resulting
in issues such as flickering.
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Impish): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Focal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu Impish): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
tags: |
added: block-proposed-bionic block-proposed-focal block-proposed-hirsute block-proposed-impish verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-focal verification-done-hirsute verification-done-impish removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-hirsute verification-needed-impish |
Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,
Accepted nvidia- graphics- drivers- 470 into impish-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ nvidia- graphics- drivers- 470/470. 86-0ubuntu0. 21.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification- needed- impish to verification- done-impish. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed- impish. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance for helping!
N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.