Previously I had an issue after the Nivida driver update the 595 broke my system somehow. I posted about it here, and user @gpmitch was kind enough to guide me through the steps to manually updating the Nvidia driver after removing it. The system has been working okay since, apart from the lack of the 32-bit components to the driver that weren’t built for whatever reason.
Now I’m having an issue upgrading to 26.04. I expect it is related to the manual installation of the Nvidia 595 driver somehow, but I don’t know how to troubleshoot it.
Ubuntu Version:
25.10
Desktop Environment (if applicable):
KDE Plasma
Problem Description:
Running sudo apt full-upgrade is not working.
Relevant System Information:
Include any details that might help (e.g., hardware, drivers, or special configurations).
Terminal output:
zachary@AmazingDay:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/amd64 InRelease
Hit:2 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu questing InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing InRelease
Hit:4 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-security InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-backports InRelease
Hit:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuhandbook1/mpv/ubuntu questing InRelease
Hit:9 https://repo.waydro.id questing InRelease
16 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu questing InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
zachary@AmazingDay:~$ sudo apt list --upgradeable
libnvidia-cfg1-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.10>
libnvidia-common-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.>
libnvidia-compute-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25>
libnvidia-decode-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.>
libnvidia-encode-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.>
libnvidia-extra-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.1>
libnvidia-fbc1-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.10>
libnvidia-gl-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.10.1]
linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-6.17.0-29-generic/questing-updates,questing-security 6.17.0-29.29+1 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.17.0->
linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-generic-hwe-24.04/questing-updates,questing-security 6.17.0-29.29+1 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.17.0->
nvidia-compute-utils-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0>
nvidia-driver-595-open/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.2>
nvidia-kernel-common-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0>
nvidia-kernel-source-595-open/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ub>
nvidia-utils-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ubuntu0.25.10.1]
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-595/questing-updates,questing-security 595.71.05-0ubuntu0.25.10.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 595.58.03-0ub>
zachary@AmazingDay:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Not upgrading:
libnvidia-cfg1-595 libnvidia-encode-595 linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-6.17.0-29-generic nvidia-kernel-common-595
libnvidia-common-595 libnvidia-extra-595 linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-generic-hwe-24.04 nvidia-kernel-source-595-open
libnvidia-compute-595 libnvidia-fbc1-595 nvidia-compute-utils-595 nvidia-utils-595
libnvidia-decode-595 libnvidia-gl-595 nvidia-driver-595-open xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-595
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 16
zachary@AmazingDay:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Not upgrading:
libnvidia-cfg1-595 libnvidia-encode-595 linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-6.17.0-29-generic nvidia-kernel-common-595
libnvidia-common-595 libnvidia-extra-595 linux-modules-nvidia-595-open-generic-hwe-24.04 nvidia-kernel-source-595-open
libnvidia-compute-595 libnvidia-fbc1-595 nvidia-compute-utils-595 nvidia-utils-595
libnvidia-decode-595 libnvidia-gl-595 nvidia-driver-595-open xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-595
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 16
zachary@AmazingDay:~$
What I’ve Tried:
So far I’ve only tried updating apt and retrying the commands over the last few days. I was hoping this was just a phased roll out sort of thing, but I guess it might be more than that.