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[Bug 1331347] Re: [Dell Inspiron 3542] 'ubuntu-driver list' does not suggest to use nvidia-graphics-drivers-331

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From: Anthony Wong <anthony.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:24:51 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1331347 <1331347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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@Tai, could you do a full system update and try again?

** Changed in: hwe-next
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: hwe-next
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  [Dell Inspiron 3542] 'ubuntu-driver list' does not suggest to use
  nvidia-graphics-drivers-331

Status in HWE Next Project:
  Incomplete
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  tested by Dell Inspiron 3542 (CID 201402-14684) on 14.04 and 14.10
  daily build

  Steps to reproduce the bugs:
  1. install the system
  2. click 'Software center'-->Preference-->Additional drivers,
  or, use the command 'ubuntu-driver list'

  Expected result:
  the system should suggest nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 driver package because
  there is a nvidia graphic card
  NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] [10de:1140]

  Actual result:
  It didn't suggest any graphic driver to be used.


  ------ lspci -nnvv -d 10de:1140 ------

  08:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] [10de:1140] (rev a1)
  	Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0652]
  	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
  	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
  	Latency: 0
  	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 63
  	Region 0: Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
  	Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
  	Region 3: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
  	Region 5: I/O ports at d000 [size=128]
  	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
  	Capabilities: <access denied>
  	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

  
  ------ more information ------

  * apt-cache show nvidia-331 | grep 0625
  doesn't give you the expected modalias of the graphic card under sysfs

  * manual installation of nvidia-331 could enable the graphic card and
  works fine.

  $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
  ii  nvidia-331                                            331.79-0ubuntu1                                                                                                          amd64        NVIDIA binary driver - version 331.79
  ii  nvidia-libopencl1-331                                 331.79-0ubuntu1                                                                                                          amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL Driver and ICD Loader library
  ii  nvidia-opencl-icd-331                                 331.79-0ubuntu1                                                                                                          amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL ICD
  ii  nvidia-prime                                          0.6.5                                                                                                                    amd64        Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
  ii  nvidia-settings                                       331.20-0ubuntu8                                                                                                          amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

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