** Description changed: [Impact] The latest nvidia-driver-590, nvidia-driver-590-server, nvidia- driver-590-open, and nvidia-driver-590-server-open packages in Resolute, Questing, Noble, and Jammy declare themselves as the Long Term Support Branch, when 590 is actually a New Feature Branch. This XB-Support field is used by ubuntu-drivers-common to determine which driver branch to recommend. - [Fix] Adjust the XB-Support control field for 590 meta packages to indicate 590 is a New Feature Branch instead of a Long Term Support Branch. - [Test Case] - 1. Install ubuntu-drivers-common - 2. Enable a PPA (or -proposed) with the updated 590 driver packages on an affected system with an NVIDIA GPU. - 3. Invoke `$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install`. - 4. Verify that the 580 driver is selected, and not the 590 driver. + 1. Ensure the system under test is up-to-date. + $ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y + + 2. Install ubuntu-drivers-common. + $ sudo apt install ubuntu-drivers-common + + 3. Enable a PPA (or -proposed) with the updated 590 driver packages on + an affected system with an NVIDIA GPU. + + 4. Invoke `$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install --include-dkms`. + + 5. Verify that the 580 driver is selected, and not the 590 driver. + + 6. Ensure packages nvidia-driver-590, nvidia-driver-590-open, nvidia- + driver-590-server, nvidia-driver-590-server-open all show "Support: NFB" + under `apt show <package>`. [Regression Potential] The fix is limited to changing a single field `XB-Support` in the meta package control. If this change goes wrong, it has the potential to change the behavior of ubuntu-drivers-common, which depends on this field, in unanticipated ways.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2139628 Title: 590 drivers should be labeled as New Feature Branch instead of Long Term Support Branch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-590/+bug/2139628/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
