Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server package

Should nvidia-driver-XXX-server stop recommending nvidia-settings?

Bug #1929868 reported by dann frazier
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The nvidia-driver-* packages have a Recommends on nvidia-settings. Installing them w/ recommends enabled therefore ends up bringing in the whole X stack, including gdm3. gdm3 will do things like suspend systems if the login screen is idle - not behavior server users would expect. The description for nvidia-settings suggests it is only applicable for graphics configuration. Therefore, would it make sense to remove the nvidia-settings recommendation from the nvidia-driver-*-server packages, which are more oriented for server class hardware?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
dann frazier (dannf)
description: updated
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Camille Rodriguez (camille.rodriguez) wrote :

That situation occurs as well when installing nvidia-utils-* (in my case nvidia-utils-450-server), which installs nvidia-settings. See https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia-settings/. This requirement is optional and should be omitted on servers, as the same issue will occur (hibernation, unreachable node, very difficult to recover)

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