It's not needed for everyone, just for laptops with hybrid nvidia graphics. With current behavior some perfectly reasonable user actions render system unusable without CLI knowledge. IMO it's exactly driver managers' problem and it should not just install a package but make sure drivers are correctly installed for this system.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801103 Title: Kubuntu driver manager fails to install nvidia-prime on hybrid systems and that makes system unusable for unexperienced users Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ignoring the fact that only nvidia-340 drivers were suggested when 390 is available, with a completely fresh install after using Kubuntu driver manager system does not show GUI on the next boot because NVIDIA drivers cannot work without nvidia-prime on hybrid systems. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: kubuntu-driver-manager 15.10ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Nov 1 16:44:54 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-01 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2) SourcePackage: kubuntu-driver-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1801103/+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
