[Bug 1919248] [NEW] Nvidia driver never used if Ubuntu was installed in safe graphics mode

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Hello,

i used to install on my pc with a Nvidia GTX 1650 running 18.04 or 20.04
LTS the correct drivers with

"sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall"

which would download alot of packages and correct the single display
output to dualmonitor setup after a reboot.


now, after a fresh installation i find that "autoinstall" no longer works, as obsolete,

but this prevents me from getting a dual-monitor setup nearly out-of-
the-box.


according to "additional drivers",
i have "no proprietary drivers in use",

but after loading the driver list, it switches to

"1 propietary driver in use"
and it says "nvidia-driver-460"


if i would try to install this driver with "apt install nvidia-driver-460" it would download, nothing, so i guess it is already installed.


however, no dualmonitor setup, and also the other monitor is not really
recognized.


as said, before , with the "sudo ubuntu-driver autoinstall" command, really alot of packages got downloaded and afterwards it functioned everytime; so now i wonder how such a routine could become obsolete and be replaced by somehting apparently not functioning so well.


anyway, if i did something, wrong, please let me know.

ah yes, and i did install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with the option "safe
graphics" , maybe the error is because of this?

Thank youo very much.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 15 21:46:44 2021
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] [10de:1f82] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] [19da:1546]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7A38
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-45-generic root=UUID=8ada1912-76fa-46ce-9dcb-e2c21f5f1238 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2020
dmi.bios.release: 5.14
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 9.90
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38)
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: 7.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: 7.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr9.90:bd06/11/2020:br5.14:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnMS-7A38:pvr7.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnB450MPRO-VDHPLUS(MS-7A38):rvr7.0:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr7.0:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: MS-7A38
dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: 7.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.102-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal ubuntu
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Nvidia driver never used if Ubuntu was installed in safe graphics mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1919248
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