/etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel appears to be unnecessary
Bug #249565 reported by
Mario Limonciello
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The init script shipped in the nvidia drivers package goes through and creates /dev/nvidiaX and /dev/nvidiactl using mknod and chgrp. These actions appears to be unnecessary.
As a mild experiment, take a system with a functional nvidia setup.
1) Stop X
2) rm /dev/nvidia*
3) sudo startx
Look in /dev/ and you will see that these device objects are created automatically by the nvidia kernel module. The permissions are adjusted by /etc/udev/
Revision history for this message
| Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-177: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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these were remnants from older testing packages in intrepid. invalid bug.