installing linux-modules-nvidia does not remove nvidia-dkms, and the kernel prioritizes the wrong version of the module from disk
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Andy Whitcroft | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Installing nvidia-driver-430 pulls in nvidia-dkms-430 as a dependency. Installing linux-modules-
$ sudo apt purge nvidia-dkms-430
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dkms libatomic1:i386 libbsd0:i386 libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386
libdrm-
libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libgl1:i386 libgl1-
libglapi-
libllvm9:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-
libnvidia-
libnvidia-
libnvidia-
libnvidia-
libsensors5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386
libxcb-
libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
libxfixes3:i386 libxnvctrl0 libxshmfence1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386
nvidia-
nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-430 screen-
xserver-
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nvidia-dkms-430* nvidia-driver-430*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,269 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
$
And it's not sufficient to leave both linux-modules-
linux-modules-
Changed in linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
This bug was fixed in the package linux-restricte d-modules - 5.4.0-18.22
--------------- d-modules (5.4.0-18.22) focal; urgency=medium
linux-restricte
* Master version: 5.4.0-18.22
* Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes dkms-versions -- update from master
- debian/
linux-restricte d-modules (5.4.0-17.21) focal; urgency=medium
* Master version: 5.4.0-17.21
* Bump upload number.
linux-restricte d-modules (5.4.0-17.20) focal; urgency=medium
* Master version: 5.4.0-17.20
linux-restricte d-modules (5.4.0-16.19) focal; urgency=medium
* Master version: 5.4.0-16.19
* Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes dkms-versions -- update from master
- debian/
linux-restricte d-modules (5.4.0-15.18) focal; urgency=medium
* Master version: 5.4.0-15.18
* Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes dkms-versions -- update from master
- debian/
-- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:25:55 -0600