Hi,
I hope I’m posting this topic in the right place, sorry if not! 
We’re in a production environment with Secure Boot enabled. We are installing Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 (kernel 5.15.0-84-generic) and then, at the very first boot after installation, we install nvidia driver for the GPUs present.
We’re following this guide so basically, after the login, we execute these commands
- apt update
- ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu nvidia:535-server (NOTE: kernel is upgraded to a newer version e.g 5.15.0-130-generic)
- reboot
If, after reboot, I login into the server nvidia driver is installed correctly but other interfaces (e.g. canbus/ethernet and many others) aren’t available because, as mentioned before, kernel was upgraded but (in this example) linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-130-generic is not installed (because was a suggested package)
ubuntu-drivers --gpgpu install nvidia:535-server
This is gpgpu mode
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libepoxy0 libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0 libnvidia-cfg1-535-server libnvidia-common-535-server
libnvidia-compute-535-server libnvidia-decode-535-server libnvidia-egl-wayland1 libnvidia-encode-535-server libnvidia-extra-535-server
libnvidia-fbc1-535-server libnvidia-gl-535-server libwayland-client0 libwayland-server0 libxcvt0 libxfont2 linux-image-5.15.0-130-generic
linux-modules-5.15.0-130-generic linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-5.15.0-130-generic linux-objects-nvidia-535-server-5.15.0-130-generic
linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-130-generic nvidia-compute-utils-535-server nvidia-firmware-535-server-535.216.03 nvidia-kernel-common-535-server
nvidia-kernel-source-535-server nvidia-utils-535-server x11-xkb-utils xcvt xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535-server
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-doc | linux-source-5.15.0 linux-tools linux-headers-5.15.0-130-generic linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-130-generic nvidia-settings nvidia-prime
xfs | xserver xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable
Recommended packages:
libnvidia-compute-535-server:i386 libnvidia-decode-535-server:i386 libnvidia-encode-535-server:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-535-server:i386
libnvidia-gl-535-server:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libepoxy0 libgbm1 libnvidia-cfg1-535-server libnvidia-common-535-server libnvidia-compute-535-server libnvidia-decode-535-server
libnvidia-egl-wayland1 libnvidia-encode-535-server libnvidia-extra-535-server libnvidia-fbc1-535-server libnvidia-gl-535-server libwayland-client0
libwayland-server0 libxcvt0 libxfont2 linux-image-5.15.0-130-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-130-generic linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-5.15.0-130-generic
linux-modules-nvidia-535-server-generic linux-objects-nvidia-535-server-5.15.0-130-generic linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-130-generic
nvidia-compute-utils-535-server nvidia-driver-535-server nvidia-firmware-535-server-535.216.03 nvidia-kernel-common-535-server
nvidia-kernel-source-535-server nvidia-utils-535-server x11-xkb-utils xcvt xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535-server
The following packages will be upgraded:
libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0
If, instead, before run ubuntu-drivers install we run apt upgrade everything it’s ok but for tecnical reasons we don’t want to to this → one is that we want to upgrade/install as few packages as possible in production.
Now, to fix this, we “manually” install linux-image-generic after ubuntu-drivers install
apt show linux-image-generic
Package: linux-image-generic
Version: 5.15.0.130.129
Priority: optional
Section: kernel
Source: linux-meta
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21.5 kB
Provides: spl-modules (= 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.4), v4l2loopback-modules (= 0.12.7-2ubuntu2~22.04.1), virtualbox-guest-modules (= 5.15.0-131), wireguard-modules (= 1.0.0), zfs-modules (= 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.4)
Depends: linux-image-5.15.0-130-generic, linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-130-generic, linux-firmware, intel-microcode, amd64-microcode
Recommends: thermald
Download-Size: 2,524 B
APT-Sources: http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
Description: Generic Linux kernel image
This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel image
available.
So, my question are
- are we doing the correct steps to install nvidia driver?
- if so, is this a bug in ubuntu-drivers utility and/or there are issues in packages dependencies?
NOTE: if there is something not clear, please tell me!
BR
Enrico