Public bug reported: I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with an Intel 4000HD and Nvidia GTX 770. I have noticed that my gpu-manager claims that: Was nvidia unloaded? yes even though the nvidia module is loaded and was never unloaded (and lsmod displays it). Quick investigation showed that gpu-manager checks whether that module was unloaded by running: dmesg | grep -q "nvidia: module" I assume that the intention was to detect any "nvidia: module unloaded" or similar messages. However, my dmesg contains several other messages that match this pattern: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel These messages are not realated to unloading the module, it sucessfully keeps running afterwards. Therefore I believe the pattern used by gpu-manager is incorrect.
Possible solution is to correct that search string. The only message that appears in my dmesg when I unload nvidia module is: [drm] Module unloaded The dmesg output never explicitly names `nvidia` when it is unloaded. Another possible solution would be to grep lsmod instead of dmesg, to check if the driver is currently loaded. ** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1337357 Title: gpu-manager searches for a wrong string when checking if nvidia was unloaded To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1337357/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs