elementary / elementary/settings-system

Drivers are reported as available for my hardware even though all available ones are installed

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Description

### What Happened?

I keep getting notifications on boot saying that 5 drivers are available for my hardware even though drivers are only shown for NVIDIA, and I've already installed a driver, but 5 more are available on the same hardware. Maybe it's using that for the count? That's still confusing.

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### Steps to Reproduce

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### Expected Behavior

Don't confuse available _other_ drivers with hardware that needs drivers. If there are 5 more devices that need drivers, your system settings app isn't displaying it.

### OS Version

8.x (Circe)

### OS Architecture

amd64 (on most hardwares)

### Session Type

Secure Session (Wayland, This is the default)

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

```shell

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### Hardware Info

HP ENVY Laptop 16-h1055cl (nvidia-610-open)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the boot notification on the reported HP ENVY hardware running elementary OS 8.x with the nvidia-610-open driver installed. Trace how the settings plug counts available drivers and verify that the notification reports only hardware still needing a driver, not alternative drivers for already-supported hardware.

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Assessment

Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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