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ubuntu-drivers-common package

[Jammy][regression] u-d-c default to use 470 instead of 510

  1. Bionic (18.04)
  2. Bug #1964747
Bug #1964747 reported by jeremyszu
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
OEM Priority Project
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jeremyszu
ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Alberto Milone
Bionic
In Progress
Critical
Alberto Milone
Focal
Fix Released
Critical
Alberto Milone
Impish
Fix Released
Critical
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

[Impact]

 * In Ubuntu 22.04, ubuntu-drivers install will install nvidia-470 instead of 510. (the ubuntu-drivers install is the best and recommended way to install nvidia driver).
 * nvidia-470 is LTSB (although webpage shows PB) and nvidia-510 is PB, in this case, we need to chose the newer version since the support is fair in both version.
 * Also, 22.04 announces Wayland supports but nvidia-470 doesn't support in Wayland scope at least from gdm upstream.

[Test Plan]

 * Call "ubuntu-drivers debug" and check that 510 is marked as "(auto-install)"
```
...
=== matching driver packages ===
nvidia-driver-510: installed: <none> available: 510.54-0ubuntu2 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd000025A0sv00001028sd00000A61bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile]
...
nvidia-driver-470: installed: <none> available: 470.103.01-0ubuntu2 (auto-install) [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd000025A0sv00001028sd00000A61bc03sc02i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] support level: LTSB
...
```
 * As you can see, "(auto-install)" points to 470 because it owns LTSB tag.

[Fix]
 * Adjust the priority in UbuntuDrivers/detect.py, if the PB and LTSB versions found, then it needs to pick the newer version one.

[Where problems could occur]
 * It has less possible to introduce regression since the patch only changes _cmp_gfx_alternatives() which counts the priority of nvidia drivers be installed.
 * In Ubuntu, we have nvidia-390, 470 and 510 so far as I known and these cases are listed in test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb.

---

+ nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 (510.54-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
+
+ * New upstream release (LP: #1961075):
+ - Fixed a bug that could cause GPU exceptions when minimizing a
+ fullscreen Vulkan application on certain desktops, such as
+ Plasma.
+ * debian/templates/control.in:
+ - Set XB-Support to PB (production branch).
+ * debian/rules.defs:
+ - Add support for video ABI 25.

---

Since
  * debian/templates/control.in:
    - Set XB-Support to PB (production branch).

The u-d-c will choose LTS branch instead of PB branch.

because `def _cmp_gfx_alternatives(x, y):` doesn't define PB.

[Additional information]
If installed 470 instead of 510, then it will cause
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1963701

See original description
jeremyszu (os369510)
tags: added: oem-priority
Changed in oem-priority:
assignee: nobody → jeremyszu (os369510)
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Confirmed
description: updated
jeremyszu (os369510)
description: updated
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Critical
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
no longer affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 (Ubuntu)
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Bionic):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Focal):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Impish):
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Bionic):
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Focal):
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Impish):
importance: Undecided → Critical
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Impish):
status: New → In Progress
jeremyszu (os369510)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-drivers-common - 1:0.9.6.1

---------------
ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.9.6.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * UbuntuDrivers/detect.py:
    - Handle Production branches (PB) (LP: #1964747).
    - Always prefer PB and LTSB, and pick the highest of the two
      whenever possible.
  * tests/test_ubuntu_drivers.py:
    - Add test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb and
      test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb_1, to
      keep track of our policy on PB and LTSB releases.

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:59:19 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

I have just uploaded ubuntu-drivers-common_0.9.0~0.20.04.7 and ubuntu-drivers-common_0.9.2.4~0.21.10.2.

Note: this will have to be verified together with LP: #1958488, if we want both fixes released at the same time.

description: updated
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

@Alberto - the fix for bug 1958488 was released yesterday so the verifications can be uncoupled now. Will you please reupload ubuntu-drivers-common to -proposed with a source.changes file that doesn't reference the previous bug anymore? Thanks in advance.

Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

@Brian: I have just re-uploaded the sources. Thanks.

Revision history for this message
Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello jeremyszu, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-drivers-common into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/1:0.9.0~0.20.04.7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Focal):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
Revision history for this message
Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

Hello jeremyszu, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-drivers-common into impish-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/1:0.9.2.4~0.21.10.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-impish to verification-done-impish. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-impish. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Impish):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-impish
Revision history for this message
jeremyszu (os369510) wrote :

Focal: 1:0.9.0~0.20.04.7

before upgrading:
available: 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 (auto-install)
after upgrading:
available: 510.60.02-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 (auto-install)

tags: added: verification-done verification-done-focal
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
Revision history for this message
jeremyszu (os369510) wrote :

Impish: 1:0.9.2.4~0.21.10.2

after upgrading:
available: 510.60.02-0ubuntu0.21.10.2 (auto-install)

tags: added: verification-done-impish
removed: verification-needed-impish
Changed in oem-priority:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
jeremyszu (os369510)
tags: added: originate-from-1969352 sutton
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-drivers-common - 1:0.9.2.4~0.21.10.2

---------------
ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.9.2.4~0.21.10.2) impish; urgency=medium

  * UbuntuDrivers/detect.py:
    - Handle Production branches (PB) (LP: #1964747).
    - Always prefer PB and LTSB, and pick the highest of the two
      whenever possible.
  * tests/test_ubuntu_drivers.py:
    - Add test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb and
      test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb_1, to
      keep track of our policy on PB and LTSB releases.

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:35:52 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Impish):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for ubuntu-drivers-common has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-drivers-common - 1:0.9.0~0.20.04.7

---------------
ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.9.0~0.20.04.7) focal; urgency=medium

  * UbuntuDrivers/detect.py:
    - Handle Production branches (PB) (LP: #1964747).
    - Always prefer PB and LTSB, and pick the highest of the two
      whenever possible.
  * tests/test_ubuntu_drivers.py:
    - Add test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb and
      test_system_driver_packages_chroot_support_branch_pb_1, to
      keep track of our policy on PB and LTSB releases.

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:36:45 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu Focal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
jeremyszu (os369510)
Changed in oem-priority:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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