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** Changed in: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Groovy)
Status: Fix Committed => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898601
Title:
'ubuntu-drivers --gpgpu install' installs a lot of unnecessary
packages, including a full desktop environment on Ubuntu Server
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Bionic:
Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Groovy:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
SRU Request
[Impact]
* ubuntu-drivers installs unnecessary packages when using the "--
gpgpu" argument. Also, it should not depend on alsa-utils, its
relevant test should.
[Fix]
* Passing in "--no-install-recommends" by default with the "--gpgpu"
argument will solve the problem. Also, moving the alsa-utils
dependency into the test avoids installing an unneeded dependency on
servers.
[Test Case]
* Install ubuntu-drivers-common from -proposed.
* Make sure it doesn't pull in alsa-utils.
* Install the nvidia driver using "sudo ubuntu-drivers install
--gpgpu", and check that the desktop related dependencies are not
pulled in.
[Regression Risk]
Low, since it changes the amount of dependencies we install on servers.
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+++Update+++
I am in a position where I need to run regression testing using the nVidia
drivers on systems configured for GPU compute. This bug prevents me from using
ubuntu-drivers to ensure I have the latest Ubuntu Signed drivers.
To resolve this, ubuntu-drivers would need to honor --no-install-recommends
and not install all those unnecessary desktop environment packages that make no
sense on a headless server
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When I install the packaged nVidia drivers using --gpgpu, I expect
that I am getting compute related GPGPU drivers. Instead, I find that
on a fresh Focal installation of Ubuntu Server, I also get a full
desktop environment.
This sets us up nicely for this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1862559
because this pulls in gdm3 and a whole host of unnecessary desktop
packages but does nothing to mitigate the gdm3 propensity to
autosuspend, which makes the server become unresponsive when there is
no user activity (even when it's running workloads on the GPGPU, the
server can still autosuspend).
Additionally, this adds a software stack that causes unnecessary CPU
and memory usage on a machine that is meant to run headless and devote
all resources to handling GPGPU compute activities.
This is gpgpu mode
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
apg aptdaemon aptdaemon-data aspell aspell-en avahi-daemon avahi-utils
bluez bubblewrap colord colord-data cracklib-runtime cups-pk-helper dbus-x11
dconf-cli desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common docbook-xml emacsen-common
enchant-2
evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common fprintd gcr gdm3
geoclue-2.0 gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gck-1
gir1.2-gcr-3 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 gir1.2-geoclue-2.0
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-graphene-1.0 gir1.2-gweather-3.0
gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-mutter-6 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-soup-2.4
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
gir1.2-vte-2.91 gjs gkbd-capplet gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data
gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts
gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-shell
gnome-shell-common gnome-startup-applications gnome-user-docs
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 hunspell-en-us ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3
iio-sensor-proxy im-config ippusbxd
language-selector-gnome libappindicator3-1 libasound2-plugins libaspell15
libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1 libcamel-1.2-62 libcanberra-gtk3-0
libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcheese-gtk25 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
libcolord-gtk1
libcolorhug2 libcrack2 libdaemon0 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4
libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-20 libebook-contacts-1.2-3 libecal-2.0-1
libedata-book-1.2-26 libedata-cal-2.0-1 libedataserver-1.2-24
libedataserverui-1.2-2
libenchant-2-2 libexif12 libfontenc1 libfprint-2-2 libgail-common libgail18
libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgd3 libgdata-common libgdata22
libgdm1 libgee-0.8-2 libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgjs0g libgles2
libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgnome-bluetooth13 libgnome-desktop-3-19
libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common
libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgphoto2-6 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgsound0
libgssdp-1.2-0 libgtk2.0-0
libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common
libgupnp-1.2-0 libgupnp-av-1.0-2 libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libgweather-3-16
libgweather-common libharfbuzz-icu0 libhunspell-1.7-0 libhyphen0 libibus-1.0-5
libical3 libice6
libieee1284-3 libimobiledevice6 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libldb2
libmediaart-2.0-0 libmozjs-68-0 libmutter-6-0 libnma0 libnotify4 libnss-mdns
libnvidia-cfg1-435 libnvidia-common-435 libnvidia-compute-435
libnvidia-decode-435
libnvidia-encode-435 libnvidia-fbc1-435 libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-ifr1-435
libopenjp2-7 libpam-fprintd libpam-gnome-keyring libphonenumber7 libplist3
libprotobuf17 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulsedsp libpwquality-common
libpwquality1
librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2
librygel-server-2.6-2 libsane libsane-common libsbc1 libsecret-1-0
libsecret-common libsm6 libsmbclient libsnapd-glib1 libsoxr0 libspeexdsp1
libstartup-notification0 libtalloc2
libtevent0 libupower-glib3 libusbmuxd6 libvdpau1 libwbclient0
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebrtc-audio-processing1 libwhoopsie-preferences0
libwhoopsie0 libwoff1 libxatracker2 libxaw7 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0
libxcb-keysyms1
libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-res0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1 libxcb-xkb1
libxcb-xv0 libxfont2 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 libxmu6
libxpm4 libxss1 libxt6 libxvmc1 libyelp0
linux-modules-nvidia-435-5.4.0-48-generic
mesa-vdpau-drivers mobile-broadband-provider-info mousetweaks mutter
mutter-common network-manager-gnome nvidia-compute-utils-435
nvidia-kernel-common-435 nvidia-kernel-source-435 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings
nvidia-utils-435 p11-kit
p11-kit-modules pinentry-gnome3 pkg-config pulseaudio
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-utils python3-aptdaemon
python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python3-cairo python3-cups python3-cupshelpers
python3-defer python3-ibus-1.0
python3-macaroonbakery python3-protobuf python3-rfc3339 python3-talloc
python3-tz rtkit rygel samba-libs sane-utils screen-resolution-extra
session-migration sgml-base sgml-data switcheroo-control system-config-printer
system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-udev ubuntu-docs
ubuntu-session ubuntu-wallpapers ubuntu-wallpapers-focal unzip update-inetd
upower usbmuxd vdpau-driver-all wamerican whoopsie-preferences x11-xkb-utils
x11-xserver-utils
xdg-dbus-proxy xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xml-core
xserver-common xserver-xephyr xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-wacom
xserver-xorg-legacy
xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435 xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xwayland
yaru-theme-gnome-shell yelp yelp-xsl zenity zenity-common
Suggested packages:
aspell-doc spellutils avahi-autoipd colord-sensor-argyll docbook
docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl docbook-defguide evolution gnome-orca gnome-software
| gnome-packagekit gnome-user-share realmd libcanberra-gtk-module usbguard
chrome-gnome-shell
gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 gnome-themes-standard-data gnome-backgrounds
gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 hunspell openoffice.org-hunspell |
openoffice.org-core ibus-clutter ibus-doc indicator-application
libenchant-2-voikko libgd-tools gphoto2
gvfs libusbmuxd-tools avahi-autoipd | zeroconf hplip gstreamer1.0-libav
network-manager-openconnect-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome
network-manager-vpnc-gnome network-manager-pptp-gnome pinentry-doc pavumeter
pavucontrol paman paprefs
ubuntu-sounds gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly rygel-playbin rygel-preferences
rygel-ruih rygel-tracker tumbler unpaper sgml-base-doc perlsgml w3-recs opensp
libxml2-utils gnome-software python3-smbc ubuntu-wallpapers-karmic
ubuntu-wallpapers-lucid ubuntu-wallpapers-maverick ubuntu-wallpapers-natty
ubuntu-wallpapers-oneiric ubuntu-wallpapers-precise ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal
ubuntu-wallpapers-raring ubuntu-wallpapers-saucy ubuntu-wallpapers-trusty
ubuntu-wallpapers-utopic ubuntu-wallpapers-vivid ubuntu-wallpapers-wily
ubuntu-wallpapers-xenial ubuntu-wallpapers-yakkety ubuntu-wallpapers-zesty
ubuntu-wallpapers-artful ubuntu-wallpapers-bionic ubuntu-wallpapers-cosmic
ubuntu-wallpapers-disco ubuntu-wallpapers-eoan zip libvdpau-va-gl1
nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver
nvidia-legacy-304xx-vdpau-driver nickle cairo-5c xorg-docs-core debhelper
xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable
xinput firmware-amd-graphics xserver-xorg-video-r128
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 firmware-misc-nonfree
Recommended packages:
libnvidia-compute-435:i386 libnvidia-decode-435:i386
libnvidia-encode-435:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-435:i386
libnvidia-gl-435:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apg aptdaemon aptdaemon-data aspell aspell-en avahi-daemon avahi-utils
bluez bubblewrap colord colord-data cracklib-runtime cups-pk-helper dbus-x11
dconf-cli desktop-file-utils dictionaries-common docbook-xml emacsen-common
enchant-2
evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common fprintd gcr gdm3
geoclue-2.0 gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gck-1
gir1.2-gcr-3 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 gir1.2-geoclue-2.0
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-graphene-1.0 gir1.2-gweather-3.0
gir1.2-ibus-1.0 gir1.2-mutter-6 gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma-1.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-soup-2.4
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
gir1.2-vte-2.91 gjs gkbd-capplet gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center-data gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data
gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts
gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common
gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnome-shell
gnome-shell-common gnome-startup-applications gnome-user-docs
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 hunspell-en-us ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3
iio-sensor-proxy im-config ippusbxd
language-selector-gnome libappindicator3-1 libasound2-plugins libaspell15
libavahi-core7 libavahi-glib1 libcamel-1.2-62 libcanberra-gtk3-0
libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra-pulse libcheese-gtk25 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
libcolord-gtk1
libcolorhug2 libcrack2 libdaemon0 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4
libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-20 libebook-contacts-1.2-3 libecal-2.0-1
libedata-book-1.2-26 libedata-cal-2.0-1 libedataserver-1.2-24
libedataserverui-1.2-2
libenchant-2-2 libexif12 libfontenc1 libfprint-2-2 libgail-common libgail18
libgck-1-0 libgcr-base-3-1 libgcr-ui-3-1 libgd3 libgdata-common libgdata22
libgdm1 libgee-0.8-2 libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgjs0g libgles2
libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgnome-bluetooth13 libgnome-desktop-3-19
libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd8 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common
libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgphoto2-6 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port12 libgsound0
libgssdp-1.2-0 libgtk2.0-0
libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop-2.0-11 libgtop2-common
libgupnp-1.2-0 libgupnp-av-1.0-2 libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libgweather-3-16
libgweather-common libharfbuzz-icu0 libhunspell-1.7-0 libhyphen0 libibus-1.0-5
libical3 libice6
libieee1284-3 libimobiledevice6 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libldb2
libmediaart-2.0-0 libmozjs-68-0 libmutter-6-0 libnma0 libnotify4 libnss-mdns
libnvidia-cfg1-435 libnvidia-common-435 libnvidia-compute-435
libnvidia-decode-435
libnvidia-encode-435 libnvidia-fbc1-435 libnvidia-gl-435 libnvidia-ifr1-435
libopenjp2-7 libpam-fprintd libpam-gnome-keyring libphonenumber7 libplist3
libprotobuf17 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulsedsp libpwquality-common
libpwquality1
librygel-core-2.6-2 librygel-db-2.6-2 librygel-renderer-2.6-2
librygel-server-2.6-2 libsane libsane-common libsbc1 libsecret-1-0
libsecret-common libsm6 libsmbclient libsnapd-glib1 libsoxr0 libspeexdsp1
libstartup-notification0 libtalloc2
libtevent0 libupower-glib3 libusbmuxd6 libvdpau1 libwbclient0
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebrtc-audio-processing1 libwhoopsie-preferences0
libwhoopsie0 libwoff1 libxatracker2 libxaw7 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0
libxcb-keysyms1
libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-res0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1 libxcb-xkb1
libxcb-xv0 libxfont2 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 libxmu6
libxpm4 libxss1 libxt6 libxvmc1 libyelp0
linux-modules-nvidia-435-5.4.0-48-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-435-generic-hwe-20.04 mesa-vdpau-drivers
mobile-broadband-provider-info mousetweaks mutter mutter-common
network-manager-gnome nvidia-compute-utils-435 nvidia-driver-435
nvidia-kernel-common-435 nvidia-kernel-source-435
nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-435 p11-kit p11-kit-modules
pinentry-gnome3 pkg-config pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
pulseaudio-utils python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python3-cairo
python3-cups
python3-cupshelpers python3-defer python3-ibus-1.0 python3-macaroonbakery
python3-protobuf python3-rfc3339 python3-talloc python3-tz rtkit rygel
samba-libs sane-utils screen-resolution-extra session-migration sgml-base
sgml-data
switcheroo-control system-config-printer system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-udev ubuntu-docs ubuntu-session ubuntu-wallpapers
ubuntu-wallpapers-focal unzip update-inetd upower usbmuxd vdpau-driver-all
wamerican
whoopsie-preferences x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xdg-dbus-proxy
xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xml-core xserver-common
xserver-xephyr xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-libinput
xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-legacy xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435
xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vmware xwayland yaru-theme-gnome-shell yelp yelp-xsl zenity
zenity-common
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