Hi, thanks for your bug report. I'm not quite sure what you are experiencing here, you likely have manually removed a package that depended on the drivers and then caused them to become autoremovable. Though usually I'd have expected the drivers to be installed manually.
We are going to need to see /var/log/apt/history.log of previous transactions, and possibly your /var/lib/dpkg/status to know which packages are installed. And if at all possible, the dpkg.status file from before this in /var/backups/. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1956275 Title: apt autoremove uninstalls nvidia graphics card drivers Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hardware information: Razer Blade 15 mid 2019, RTX2060 OS Kubuntu 21.10 command ran: apt autoremove What I expected to happen: Unnecessary packages are removed by autoremove What happened: GPU drivers are removed, preventing graphical interfaces from being used apt logs: Start-Date: 2022-01-03 18:34:51 Commandline: apt autoremove Requested-By: matt (1000) Remove: libnvidia-common-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libxnvctrl0:amd64 (470.57.01-0ubuntu3), libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-gl-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-gl-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-extra-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), nvidia-compute-utils-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-encode-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-encode-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), nvidia-utils-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-ifr1-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libsdl-ttf2.0-0:amd64 (2.0.11-6), libnvidia-decode-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-decode-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), screen-resolution-extra:amd64 (0.18.1), nvidia-settings:amd64 (470.57.01-0ubuntu3), lynx-common:amd64 (2.9.0dev.6-3), libnvidia-cfg1-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), nvidia-kernel-source-470:amd64 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1), libnvidia-compute-470:i386 (470.86-0ubuntu0.21.10.1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: apt 2.3.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Mon Jan 3 21:11:15 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-12-26 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1956275/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp