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.
### Steps to Reproduce
Log in.
### 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)
Contributor guide
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