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nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 package

Forcing incompatible Nvidia drivers

Bug #1853758 reported by Diggy Smitty
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

On Ubuntu 18.0.4.3 and 19.10, The driver installer keeps forcing incompatible drivers for my Nvidia GPU. If I add the PPA it only gives me the incompatible drivers. My Nvidia Card is a GTX 770m which requires the 418 driver. Even if I install 18.0.4.2 and 19.04 Ubuntu then upgrade, the system automatically installs the 430 drivers over the 418 one and the 430 drivers do not work at all with all cards. Driver number is not the same as being the newest driver, the 418 drivers are constantly being updated and that's the newest for my GPU. Please fix this mess.

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Diggy Smitty (dargon14)
affects: ubuntu → nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 (Ubuntu)
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ArchPhoenix team (archphoenix) wrote :

The problem comes from the 418 package being a transitional package to 430 in the PPA, maintainers not rolling back 418 package to actual driver.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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ArchPhoenix team (archphoenix) wrote :

Check https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-418/+bug/1838875

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ArchPhoenix team (archphoenix) wrote :

Any news on rolling back 418 to it's own branch ? There are updates to the 418 branch that were never released by the ppa :

The PPA had the 418.56, while nVidia released the 418.113 version.
Currently no 418 package exist in the ppa at all.

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