Nvidia driver activated but not currently in use

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I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 and although I have (much slower than usual) OpenGL support it is unclear which driver I am using.

The "current recommended version" is stated as "activated but currently not in use"

I believe this is a regression bug as I found various similar reports which where fixed in older releases.

Problem is confirmed on forums, discussed here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1386207
Most have no OpenGL support at all, maybe I am using some older driver from 9.10.

This could be a duplicate bug, but I couldn't find the proper one to add this to (other reports I found where either fixed or invalid).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 17 01:50:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.8-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=190948a5-a920-409e-aea4-7a0e94974738 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2104
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5B
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2104:bd03/09/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5B:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[dinamic (dinamic6661)]

same here http://i43.tinypic.com/w0hl5w.png

(nvidia 7600GS)

[dino99 (9d9)]

confirm with Lucid B1 updated: nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu1

installed:
nvidia-common
nvidia-current-modaliases
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

[dino99 (9d9)]

my xorg.conf

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Default Device"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

So it seems that jockey-gtk is blind or not updated.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Some tweaks and comments:

first i've uninstalled some packages: plymouth-x11, most of themes, nouveau and nvidia-current, then reboot.

Of course booting fail to command line, no surprise indeed. Then
- sudo dpkg-reconfigure udev
- sudo jockey-text -l : found nvidia_173 & nvidia_current
 first surprise: packages names are with an other typo: nvidia-173 & nvidia-current, could it be source of troubles (jockey using its own typo, confusing), and nvidia_195 not found

- sudo jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia_currrent : return activated but not in use

- sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-current :
      return : removing all dkms modules done
                 dpkg-trigger: might be called from maintenance script or with << --by-package >>
                 loading new nvidia-current-195.36.15 dkms files...
                 building only for 2.6.32-18-generic-pae , building for architecture i686
                 building initial module for 2.6.32-18-generic-pae done
           nvidia-current.ko : running module version sanity check.
           - no original module exists within this kernel
           - installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-18-generic-pae/updates/dkms/
           depmod ....
      dkms: install completed

Rebooting and checking hardware drivers: still activated but not in use
Trying sudo jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia-current : return unknown driver

[dino99 (9d9)]

latest jockey-common update does the job
work fine on Lucid with nvidia 195.36

bug can be closed

[stop (whoopwhoop)]

Yep, it's working here too. I find it a bit un-informational that the driver is listed as (version current) and not (version 195.36) or whatever, but that's another story...

[Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar)]

This has been fixed in bug 547066.

[zhaows (sh-wszhao)]

I upgraded from 10.04 beta2 to 10.04 beta2, found that compiz did not work well, check with nVidia driver, got the message:

 "current recommended version" is stated as "activated but currently not in use"

[henk (henk1234)]

since jockey version 0.5.8-0ubuntu7 both available NVidia drivers (current and 173) are activated, but not in use. I have never installed any NVidia driver. (it shows the same when running the live cd). The only way to activate the driver is to remove both drivers (in jockey-gtk) and activate the right one.

[FiX (fix-kowalski)]

confirm the issue (HP 8730w). Lucid beta2. This problem did not happen in alpha1, x11 was broken on alpha2, it did not happen on beta1 & now shows-up on beta2... Remove both drivers, then activate "current", then reboot... to have it fixed. Seems very hard to get rid of the NOUVEAU stuff.

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

@henk
Activated means that the driver is installed but not necessarily in use.

The is a duplicate of bug 547066

[henk (henk1234)]

Jockey-gtk says that the driver is activated but it is not installed. As I said before, it claims also claims that the driver is installed when using the live cd.