I'm still confused as to why there is such a divergence in what ubuntu- drivers shows versus what's in apt. On my Ubuntu 24.04.1 system as of today (2024-09-23) here is the difference between the two:
# ubuntu-drivers list nvidia-driver-550-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-550-open-generic) nvidia-driver-550, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-550-generic) nvidia-driver-470-server, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-470-server-generic) nvidia-driver-470, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-470-generic) nvidia-driver-535-server, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-generic) nvidia-driver-535, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-generic) nvidia-driver-535-server-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-open-generic) nvidia-driver-535-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-535-open-generic) *note the lack of nvidia-driver-550-server # apt list nvidia-driver* nvidia-driver-460-server/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-460/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-465/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-470-server/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-470/noble-updates,noble-security 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-510/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515-server/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-515/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-520-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-520/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-525-open/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-525-server/now 525.147.05-0ubuntu2.22.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-525/noble 525.147.05-0ubuntu2 amd64 nvidia-driver-530-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-530/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-server-open/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.06-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-535-server/noble-updates,noble-security,now 535.183.06-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic] nvidia-driver-535/noble-updates,noble-security 535.183.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-open/noble-updates,noble-security 550.107.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-server-open/noble-updates,noble-security 550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550-server/noble-updates,noble-security 550.90.07-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 nvidia-driver-550/noble-updates,noble-security 550.107.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Why are there so many more drivers available in apt versus what is shown using the recommended ubuntu-drivers tool? Of course I don't care so much about older drivers, but I'd like to use nvidia-driver-550-server. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062967 Title: ubuntu-drivers no longer offers nvidia 550 drivers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/2062967/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
