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nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package

  1. Bug #1753127
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1753127

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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote : Re: [Bug 1753127] Re: No nvidia driver support in a wayland session

On 03/06/2018 11:37 PM, Daniel van Vugt wrote:
> I think this is correct. Nvidia disables KMS support by default, which
> means no wayland support.
>
> It is documented (with a workaround) here:
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/390.25/README/kms.html
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
 Correct but now in 18.04 KMS can no longer be set in the combo of
Ubuntu's 4.15 kernel & nvidia drivers.
See here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/+bug/1752739

This prevents use of nvidia on wayland & per bug prevents prime sync in
an X11 sessions, both of which are going to be a bit of a disappointment
for many 18.04 users.