Verified on Noble
ubuntu@plok:~$ ubuntu-drivers -h
Usage: ubuntu-drivers [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options:
--gpgpu Install “general-purpose computing” drivers for use in
a headless server environment. This installs a server
(ERD) flavor of the driver (which is required for
compatibility with some server applications, such as
nvidia-fabricmanager), and also results in a smaller
installation footprint by not installing packages that
are only useful in graphical environments.
--free-only Only consider free packages
--package-list PATH Create file with list of installed packages (in install
mode)
--no-oem Do not include OEM enablement packages (these enable an
external archive)
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
autoinstall Deprecated, please use "install" instead
debug Print all available information and debug data about drivers.
devices Show all devices which need drivers, and which packages...
install Install a driver [driver[:version][,driver[:version]]]
list Show all driver packages which apply to the current system.
list-oem Show all OEM enablement packages which apply to this system
ubuntu@plok:~$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-drivers-common
ubuntu-drivers-common:
Installed: 1:0.9.7.6ubuntu3.4
Candidate: 1:0.9.7.6ubuntu3.4
Version table:
*** 1:0.9.7.6ubuntu3.4 100
100 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-proposed/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:0.9.7.6ubuntu3.2 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
1:0.9.7.6ubuntu3 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-noble
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-noble
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2115537
Title:
[SRU] gpgpu help text is unclear
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Jammy:
In Progress
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Noble:
Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Oracular:
Won't Fix
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Plucky:
Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Questing:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Upstream patch: https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-drivers-
common/commit/2a56dab2b4dc6fe4e4c38d1d865623d2f8f4a775,
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-drivers-
common/commit/a7231c0d4d2f14569870c862bd2a1954d4f04cc7
SRU Justification:
[ Impact ]
The help text for the --gpgpu flag was improved in
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2081881, but it still did not capture the
fact that the ERD/gpgpu variant of the driver is required for some
server applications.
[ Fix ]
I have made the gpgpu flag help text more clear in
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-drivers-
common/commit/2a56dab2b4dc6fe4e4c38d1d865623d2f8f4a775 and
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-drivers-
common/commit/a7231c0d4d2f14569870c862bd2a1954d4f04cc7
[ Test Plan ]
Ensure that the correct help text is shown when running `ubuntu-
drivers -h`
[ Where problems could occur ]
This shouldn't introduce any functional issues within ubuntu-drivers itself,
since this is just a help text change.
(However, if some other application depends on the output of `ubuntu-drivers
-h`, this could introduced undefined behavior)
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