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[Bug 1514057] [NEW] Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers

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From: Tom Womack <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:12:52 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1514057 <1514057@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Public bug reported:

pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:03:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001080sv000010B0sd00000401bc03sc00i00
model    : GF110 [GeForce GTX 580]
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
driver   : nvidia-340-updates - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-352-updates - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-355 - third-party free recommended
driver   : nvidia-352 - third-party free
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-304 - distro non-free

I have some difficulty believing that nvidia-352 is free and
nvidia-352-updates non-free; I would have thought nvidia-352 and
nvidia-355 are both third-party non-free.

it is possible this is the result of having some extra PPAs installed:

pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-355
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Recommended packages:
  libcuda1-355 nvidia-opencl-icd-355
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-355
1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 19 not to upgrade.
Need to get 58.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ wily/main nvidia-355 amd64 355.11-0ubuntu0~gpu15.10.2 [58.6 MB]

So maybe this is a matter of package status being marked up incorrectly
in the PPA?

** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers

Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
  == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:03:00.0 ==
  modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001080sv000010B0sd00000401bc03sc00i00
  model    : GF110 [GeForce GTX 580]
  vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
  driver   : nvidia-340-updates - distro non-free
  driver   : nvidia-352-updates - distro non-free
  driver   : nvidia-355 - third-party free recommended
  driver   : nvidia-352 - third-party free
  driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
  driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
  driver   : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free
  driver   : nvidia-304 - distro non-free

  I have some difficulty believing that nvidia-352 is free and
  nvidia-352-updates non-free; I would have thought nvidia-352 and
  nvidia-355 are both third-party non-free.

  it is possible this is the result of having some extra PPAs installed:

  pumpkin@pumpkin:~/4788.5236.la$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-355
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Recommended packages:
    libcuda1-355 nvidia-opencl-icd-355
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    nvidia-355
  1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 19 not to upgrade.
  Need to get 58.6 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ wily/main nvidia-355 amd64 355.11-0ubuntu0~gpu15.10.2 [58.6 MB]

  So maybe this is a matter of package status being marked up
  incorrectly in the PPA?

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