[Solved] No drivers shown in driver-manager on Linux Mint Mate 21

[Termalator]

I just wanted to check if there are some driver updates for my Nvidia 3060TI and the driver Manager shows nothing except, that the system don't need additional drivers. It worked fine till some update in the last month. I am using Nvidia drivers 520.56.06.

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I just wanted to check if there are some driver updates for my Nvidia 3060TI and the driver Manager shows nothing except, that the system don't need additional drivers.

If you installed the Nvidia drivers you currently have by using Driver Manager, then any updates will come through Update Manager. You do not have to check Driver Manager for updates.

The way Driver Manager works is that it has to query an external database to get the information it displays for you. Sometimes that database is down or not working properly and when that happens you will get the results you described. (Based on questions/posts I've seen on this forum, that seems to be more likely to happen on weekends.) Just try again another time and you will likely see the normal information.

[Termalator]

I know that all, but at least the installed driver should be shown and not this:

[Pjotr]

What says:

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[Termalator]

By the way there is a nvidia-driver-525 ready to install so this and the neveau driver should be shown too

[SMG]

I know that all, but at least the installed driver should be shown and not this:

Here linuxmint / mintdrivers is where you can create a new issue to request that to happen.

[Termalator]

here you are:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: N/A
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF Z370-PRO GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2701 date: 07/13/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_1 charge: 39% condition: N/A volts: 3.8 min: N/A
    model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.29 GiB used: 4.66 GiB (14.9%)
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s type: DDR4
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM2 size: No Module Installed
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s type: DDR4
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM2 size: No Module Installed
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1282 high: 2601 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 1093
    2: 1760 3: 1985 4: 2601 5: 1845 6: 1309 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800
    11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 88796
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ZOTAC
    driver: nvidia v: 520.56.06 bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz 2: 2560x1440~60Hz 3: 1080x1920~60Hz
    4: 2560x1440~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 520.56.06 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
  Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 1-14:11
  Device-4: C-Media CM106 Like Sound Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0
    bus-ID: 00:17.0
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 15.92 TiB used: 9.48 TiB (59.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB temp: 41.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB temp: 40.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD30EFRX-68EUZN0
    size: 2.73 TiB temp: 35.0 C
  ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST8000VN0022-2EL112 size: 7.28 TiB
    temp: 36.0 C
  ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0
    size: 3.64 TiB temp: 32.0 C
  ID-6: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    temp: 35.0 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 420.71 GiB used: 72.88 GiB (17.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1
  ID-2: /mnt/1TBM_2 size: 916.7 GiB used: 785.39 GiB (85.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /mnt/3tb size: 1.79 TiB used: 1.1 TiB (61.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-4: /mnt/4tb size: 3.58 TiB used: 1.72 TiB (48.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdc1
  ID-5: /mnt/8tb size: 7.22 TiB used: 5.37 TiB (74.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb1
  ID-6: /mnt/970_Data size: 657.12 GiB used: 464.52 GiB (70.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3
  ID-7: /smb/Q2_Bilder size: 7.02 TiB used: 5.82 TiB (82.9%) fs: cifs
    dev: /dev/Bilder
  ID-8: /smb/Q2_Downloads size: 7.02 TiB used: 5.82 TiB (82.9%) fs: cifs
    dev: /dev/Downloads
  ID-9: /smb/Q2_Musik size: 7.02 TiB used: 5.82 TiB (82.9%) fs: cifs
    dev: /dev/Musik
  ID-10: /smb/Q2_Videos size: 7.02 TiB used: 6.64 TiB (94.7%) fs: cifs
    dev: /dev/Videos
  ID-11: /smb/Q2_ownc size: 7.02 TiB used: 5.82 TiB (82.9%) fs: cifs
    dev: /dev/ownc
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 29.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 37.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/sdd2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.5 C mobo: 33.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 59 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 1094 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0
    fan-6: 0 gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Repos:
  Packages: 3729
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/heyarje-makemkv-beta-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hjmooses.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/heyarje/makemkv-beta/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nextcloud-devs-client-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nextcloud.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/nextcloud-devs/client/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/obsproject-obs-studio-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/obsproject.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ppa-jammy.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/team_xbmc.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 365 Uptime: 12h 22m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.9 inxi: 3.3.13

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By the way there is a nvidia-driver-525 ready to install

There has always been a lag between when new drivers show up on Nvidia's website and when they become available in Update Manager or Driver Manager.

Just because a driver shows up on the Nvidia website does not mean the packages have been created and made available in the Ubuntu repositories. Nvidia does not create packages for the distros. The distros must create packages for the Nvidia code.

[Termalator]

I will wait till Monday, maybe you're right and the database is down.

[Termalator]

After the update to nvidia-driver-525 the problem is gone.

[SMG]

After the update to nvidia-driver-525 the problem is gone.

The update came through Update Manager?

[Termalator]

Yes, it is curious why the driver-manager started to work after a driver update, but it did.