I have hardware (nVidia GeForce 8400M GS) for a runtime test. The card is supported upstream by the 340.x branch until 2019 [1]. The release notes of the latest released patch (340.107-0) seem to be mention that they resolved the problem [2]. The patch is available and packaged for Ubuntu, currently only for 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" [3].
To confirm, I ran Ubuntu 18.10 from the daily liveDVD [4], verified it ran linux-4.15.x, installed nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu1 and noted that it built successfully [5]. Anyone an idea who can make the "nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu1" package available affected versions: * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus (HWE introduced kernel 4.15 there [6]) * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver (started on kernel 4.15) Thanks, Linard. [1] http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 [2] http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/135245/en-uk [3] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+publishinghistory [4] http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ [5] See attachment to this bug report: "nvidia-340.1070-linux-4.15-install-log.txt" [6] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=16.04.x+Ubuntu+Kernel+Support+Schedule.svg ** Attachment added: "nvidia-340.1070-linux-4.15-install-log.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1737750/+attachment/5166452/+files/nvidia-340.1070-linux-4.15-install-log.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737750 Title: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 304.137-0ubuntu2 ADT test failure with linux 4.15.0-1.2 [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’] Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Testing failed on: amd64: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-bionic-canonical-kernel-team-bootstrap/bionic/amd64/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/20171212_030744_5105c@/log.gz i386: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-bionic-canonical-kernel-team-bootstrap/bionic/i386/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/20171212_014232_5105c@/log.gz To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1737750/+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
