[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Edit: related to the above, I'm no longer able to use the 'Additional Drivers' GUI since it's locked onto the wrong thing and greyed out. Any help much appreciated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Another related issue: I manually installed the latest nvidia graphics driver (460.67) for my GPU (1080ti), tried it out, still choppy, reverted to nouveau, restarted, all good. However the 'additional drivers' pane is wrong again, saying I'm continuing to use a manually installed driver, when I'm using Nouveau. Screenshot attached. Will attach logs of whatever people need, upon request. ** Attachment added: "AdditionalDrivers.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+attachment/5480342/+files/AdditionalDrivers.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Similar issue here: I was using kernel 5.4.0.42.46 with nvidia-drivers-440, installed 5.8.3, booted into the new kernel and the graphics were way worse. Software & Updates still has the radio button selected for nvidia, see attached, this looked terrible stretched across a 3440*1440 screen. but: hwinfo --gfxcard Driver Info #0: Driver Status: nvidiafb is not active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nvidiafb" Driver Info #1: Driver Status: nouveau is not active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nouveau" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Then, Selected nouveau driver, apply, hwinfo says both drivers still inactive, restarted, looks good (hi res), nvidia settings absent from start menu settings, nouveau radio button highlit in software & updates, hwinfo --gfxcard Driver Info #0: Driver Status: nvidiafb is not active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nvidiafb" Driver Info #1: Driver Status: nouveau is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nouveau" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #7 (PCI bridge) So nouveau is being used, graphics problem fixed, nvidia definitely the culprit of the graphics issues which had been plaguing me for about a year. I'll file a bug with them, however part of what took me so long to diagnose this was that I thought the nouveau drivers were broken since I could only get 1024*768. I spent hours trying to fix that, to no avail. Turns out there was nothing wrong with them, they just weren't selected. I didn't know this because I didn't think to check, I just believed the radio button. Feasibly the selected item is highlit until changed in the GUI or backend by the user, but it doesn't do an internal check (hwinfo or otherwise) to confirm that the driver it thinks is selected, is selected? Thanks ** Attachment added: "screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+attachment/5405908/+files/Kernel5.8.3.NolagLowResMoreDeets.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
None that I've ever touched myself - I believe changing drivers tries to edit it. Here's how it looks like for me right now: $ ls /etc/X11 | grep xorg.conf xorg.conf.07212014 xorg.conf.07242014 xorg.conf.07252014 xorg.conf.07312014 xorg.conf.08062014 xorg.conf.10222014 xorg.conf.11052014 xorg.conf.11072014 xorg.conf.11082014 xorg.conf.11102014 xorg.conf.2014 xorg.conf-backup-141022083201 xorg.conf-backup-141022085225 xorg.conf-backup-141022085521 xorg.conf-backup-141107125850 xorg.conf-backup-141107130443 xorg.conf-backup-141107130805 xorg.conf-backup-141107140134 xorg.conf-backup-160106082034 xorg.conf.failsafe xorg.conf.original-0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
the log shows it tries to load fglrx, do you have an xorg.conf configuration? ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Here it is. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+attachment/4544619/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1528422] Re: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use
Thank you for your bug report, could you attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log? ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528422 Title: Additional drivers reports the wrong driver in use To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1528422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs