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ubuntu-drivers-common package

`ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu` could have more informative error messages

Bug #1818749 reported by Dan Watkins
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This bug affects 2 people
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ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

It would be good if:

```
$ ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu amd
No drivers found for installation.
```

listed the available drivers (if any) and:

```
$ ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu nvidia:370
No drivers found for installation.
```

listed the available versions for the nvidia driver.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Thiago Martins (martinx) wrote :

I totally agree with this!

The Additional Drivers doesn't work if your Netplan uses rendered: networked.

Then, the command line is useless too... How does it work?

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Thiago Martins (martinx) wrote :

Never mind... Just `ubuntu-drivers install` did the trick.. LOL

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Why do you mention netplan and networkd on this report, the issue seems different?

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