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Kubuntu Forums - Hardware Support https://www.kubuntuforums.net/ Do I need drivers for my hardware? Does Kubunu have support for my device or peripheral? Post your hardware-related questions here. en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:11:29 GMT vBulletin 60 images/misc/rss.png Kubuntu Forums - Hardware Support https://www.kubuntuforums.net/ Nvidia Driver Snarl After Discover update https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/currently-supported-releases/kubuntu-24-04-nitpick-noble-lts/hardware-support-bg/692583-nvidia-driver-snarl-after-discover-update Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:09:09 GMT Upon rebooting after a big Discover update on 24.04, including the kernel and a host of Nvidia packages (more than one driver?), the display is now a...
From a screen capture during shutdown, and system log:

Starting colord.service - Manage, *stall and Generate Color Profiles...
OK ] Finished plymouth-quit-service - Terminate Plumouth Boot Screen.
NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 GPU installed in this system is
NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 470.xx Legacy drivers. Please
NVRM: visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
NVRM: information. The 535.309.01 NVIDIA driver will ignore
NVRM: this GPU. Continuing probe...
NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.

I’ve been using the Nouveau driver for a very long time and really just want it back. I don’t need the Nvidia 470 driver at this time, but don’t mind if its available.
I did

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Which went fine since all was already updated and Nouveau installed, but it did not register in the Driver Manager upon reboot.

The Nvidia 470 driver shows up with a grep, and there also seems to be a Nvidia 535 installed – could that be the problem?

I’m at a loss on how to proceed as I don’t know what’s going on and don’t want to make a bigger problem.
I'd appreciate any insights...

]]> Hardware Support petrux https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/currently-supported-releases/kubuntu-24-04-nitpick-noble-lts/hardware-support-bg/692583-nvidia-driver-snarl-after-discover-update deleting read-only USB partition https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/currently-supported-releases/kubuntu-24-04-nitpick-noble-lts/hardware-support-bg/692317-deleting-read-only-usb-partition Sun, 24 May 2026 19:56:20 GMT
Now I can't access that USB nor write a new backup to it. I can't mount it, remount it or delete it via GParted or Partition Manager.

It seems like it's never been mounted...

donald@donald:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 #For ext4
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
/dev/sda1 contains a ext4 file system
last mounted on /media/donald/0dbeacc9-c3d7-4d6a-912a-d5283bd3da78 on Mon Dec 1 13:30:24 2025
Proceed anyway? (y,N) y
/dev/sda1: Read-only file system while setting up superblock

donald@donald:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Device BootStart End Sectors SizeIdType
/dev/sda1 18944 484362239 484343296 231G 83 Linux

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