I can reproduce this issue, all of my NVIDIA proprietary drivers are marked "free"
``` nvidia-340: installed: <none> available: 340.102-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3 [third party] free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] nvidia-375: installed: <none> available: 375.39-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.2 [third party] free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] nvidia-378: installed: <none> available: 378.13-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3 (auto-install) [third party] free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] intel-microcode: installed: 3.20151106.1 available: 3.20151106.1 (auto-install) [distro] non-free nvidia-370: installed: 370.28-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3 available: 370.28-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3 [third party] free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] ``` I also enabled the graphic-drivers PPA, so the theory might be right ** Summary changed: - Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers + Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers from graphic-drivers PPA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514057 Title: Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers from graphic-drivers PPA Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:03:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001080sv000010B0sd00000401bc03sc00i00 model : GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] vendor : NVIDIA Corporation driver : nvidia-340-updates - distro non-free driver : nvidia-352-updates - distro non-free driver : nvidia-355 - third-party free recommended driver : nvidia-352 - third-party free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free driver : nvidia-304 - distro non-free I have some difficulty believing that nvidia-352 is free and nvidia-352-updates non-free; I would have thought nvidia-352 and nvidia-355 are both third-party non-free. it is possible this is the result of having some extra PPAs installed: pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-355 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Recommended packages: libcuda1-355 nvidia-opencl-icd-355 The following packages will be upgraded: nvidia-355 1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 19 not to upgrade. Need to get 58.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ wily/main nvidia-355 amd64 355.11-0ubuntu0~gpu15.10.2 [58.6 MB] So maybe this is a matter of package status being marked up incorrectly in the PPA? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1514057/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
