ubuntu-drivers recommends conflicting nvidia packages in some circumstances
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
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High
|
Mitchell Augustin | ||
| Jammy |
In Progress
|
High
|
Mitchell Augustin | ||
| Noble |
In Progress
|
High
|
Mitchell Augustin | ||
| Plucky |
In Progress
|
High
|
Mitchell Augustin | ||
| Questing |
In Progress
|
High
|
Mitchell Augustin | ||
Bug Description
SRU Justification:
[ Impact ]
Attempting to run `sudo ubuntu-drivers install` or `sudo ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu` on some machines that support multiple Nvidia driver version branches can sometimes result in the generated `apt install` command including multiple conflicting packages, which causes the installation to be stopped.
[ Test Plan ]
1. On a device with an impacted Nvidia GPU and an impacted Ubuntu version, run `sudo ubuntu-drivers install`
[ Expected Behavior ]
A working Nvidia driver solution is installed
[ Actual Behavior ]
The `apt install` command does not complete successfully due to an invalid set of packages being requested for install
[ Fix ]
Before passing the to_install package list to `apt install`, filter out all but the first packages matching `nvidia-driver-*` since only one such package should be allowed in a valid solution.
[ Where problems could occur ]
If the Nvidia driver packaging in the archives is ever updated in the future to allow for multiple valid packages with this glob pattern, this filtering mechanism would potentially prevent such solutions from being recommended.
Related branches
- Ubuntu Sponsors: Pending requested
- git-ubuntu import: Pending requested
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Diff: 47 lines (+17/-0)3 files modifiedUbuntuDrivers/detect.py (+6/-0)
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
ubuntu-drivers (+5/-0)
- Ubuntu Sponsors: Pending requested
- git-ubuntu import: Pending requested
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Diff: 47 lines (+17/-0)3 files modifiedUbuntuDrivers/detect.py (+6/-0)
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
ubuntu-drivers (+5/-0)
- Ubuntu Sponsors: Pending requested
- git-ubuntu import: Pending requested
-
Diff: 47 lines (+17/-0)3 files modifiedUbuntuDrivers/detect.py (+6/-0)
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
ubuntu-drivers (+5/-0)
- Ubuntu Sponsors: Pending requested
- git-ubuntu import: Pending requested
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Diff: 47 lines (+17/-0)3 files modifiedUbuntuDrivers/detect.py (+6/-0)
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
ubuntu-drivers (+5/-0)
| Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Plucky): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Noble): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Plucky): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Noble): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mitchell Augustin (mitchellaugustin) |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Plucky): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Noble): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
I have marked this as "high" importance, since it results in a failure of the core functionality of ubuntu-drivers on specific hardware+software configurations.