NVidia and Intel wireless driver should have separate restricted-* packages
Bug #186540 reported by
BjoernD
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-restricte
The restricted Nvidia driver coming with 7.10 does not work with my Laptop's Nvidia chip (Lenovo T61, VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)). I therefore installed the driver from Nvidia's homepage which works smoothly.
However, I also need the restricted wireless driver for my Intel 3945 chipset which also comes with the same package. I therefore installed it and overwrote my manually installed Nvidia driver. A perfect solution for this would be the separation of both (unrelated) modules into separate restricted packages (which might for usability reasons be incorporated into a restricted-drivers metapackage).
Revision history for this message
| Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22: | |
| status: | New → Won't Fix |
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Sorry, if you are going to install upstream stuff you should also make sure they work together. Just install the nvidia driver over the one from the restricted package, or upgrade to hardy.
Closing as wontfix.