Kubuntu told me there were updates available and showed me a list. Each item had a box next to it with a check mark. I unchecked the 2 Nvidia items because I didn't want to update that. Then I clicked the update selected button. The screen then displayed "installing" next to each item in the list, including the Nvidia. When I rebooted, the graphics was all messed up, everything was big and fuzzy and low res. I restored the system with Timeshift and everything was back to normal. Can anyone explain what happened? I think I had the proprietary driver and the "update" looked like open. I would like to be able to update the other things that need updating without messing up the graphics.
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ah, they were likely related changes so they kind of an all or nothing deal
when you reboot can you see the grub screen?
go into Advanced and try the different options (need to reboot each time)
you should be able get back to the state prior to the update and then just update everything or nothing at all
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Doesn't Nvidia have most of the market share? That must mean there are a lot of Linux users with Nvidia. With that being the case, I would have thought that people had figured it out.Comment
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What version of Kubuntu? What is your kernel version? Are you using Nvidia proprietary or open source? What version of Nvidia graphics driver are you using?Comment
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I have Kubuntu 25.10, kernel 6.17.0-6-generic. Per kubuntu driver manager: "Using NVIDIA driver (open kernel) metapackage from nvidia-driver-580-open (proprietary, tested)". I have an RTX 3050 8GB. Since it has the words "open" and "proprietary" in it, it's hard for me to tell if it's open or proprietary. Output from a cat command says "NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX Open Kernel Module for x86_64 580.95.05 Release Build (dvs-builder@U22-I3-B17-02-5) Tue Sep 23 09:55:41 UTC 2025
I've been reading that Nvidia cards/drivers can be problematic, so when I have an arrangement that works, I want to try and keep it. The system and graphics work right now but there are various updates available which I would like to install, but it's doing something to the graphics even though I deselect them from the updates list. Is there a technique or strategy I could use?
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Also, the updates I'm deselecting are "linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-6.17.0-7-generic" and "linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-generic". Under it, it says: 6.17.0-6.6+1 (right arrow) 6.17.0-7.7Comment
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