Additional Drivers does not list nvidia-driver-440

[Jose Gómez]

The Additional Drivers windows (and the ubuntu-drivers command) in my system only list nvidia-driver-390 and nvidia-340 for installation with my Nvidia GeForce GT 750M.

However, there are newer versions that can be installed through the Synaptic Package Manager and are compatible with the card.

For example, nvidia-driver-440 (latest version available as of today).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-22.26-generic 5.4.29
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 7 01:04:16 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-21 (1355 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160718)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-03-07 (30 days ago)

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

440.100 README:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160175/en-us

The 750M is not listed under supported products.

[Jose Gómez (adler-dreamcoder)]

Apparently that README only refers to the Windows versions of the driver: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/geforce-700m-series-support-for-vulkan-on-linux-64/118628/4