[Bug 2117339] [NEW] [nvidia] Software rendering in GNOME Shell Wayland sessions

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[ Impact ]

In Ubuntu 24.04 the NVIDIA drivers 570 or newer break the
EGL_PLATFORM_WAYLAND_EXT extension, preventing most graphical
applications from using OpenGL in a Wayland session.

The libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1 library implementing the
EGL_PLATFORM_WAYLAND_EXT extension has an incorrect version check which
makes it refuse to load on the newer NVIDIA drivers.

This was fixed upstream by: https://github.com/NVIDIA/egl-
wayland/pull/106

[ Test Plan ]

1. Set up Ubuntu 24.04 on a machine with an NVIDIA GPU
1. Install an affected NVIDIA driver:
   $ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-570
2. Install the update with:
   $ sudo apt install -t noble-proposed libnvidia-egl-wayland1
2. Log in to "Ubuntu on Wayland"
3. Run in a terminal:
   $ eglinfo -B -p wayland
   Verify that it prints information about your NVIDIA card and driver
4. Open Settings > System > Info > Details
5. Verify that it detects your NVIDIA GPU.

[ Regression Test Plan ]

Perform the same steps as the main Test Plan, but using an older NVIDIA driver:
$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-560

[ Where problems could occur ]

The change inverts a version check, so there is a risk that the older
NVIDIA drivers the used to be working will stop working. The [
Regression Test Plan ] verifies that this is not the case.

** Affects: egl-wayland (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: egl-wayland (Ubuntu Noble)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Alessandro Astone (aleasto)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: egl-wayland (Ubuntu Plucky)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: egl-wayland (Ubuntu Questing)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: desktop-needs-sru noble nvidia nvidia-wayland udeng-7549 wayland wayland-session
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[nvidia] Software rendering in GNOME Shell Wayland sessions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117339
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