modaliases package is free/trivial, but shipped in restricted
Bug #429153 reported by
Matt Zimmerman
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Alberto Milone |
Bug Description
I've noticed, as a result of the vrms meme on Planet Ubuntu, that many modaliases packages, used to simplify the installation of restricted drivers, are placed in the restricted section. These packages contain only the minimal data used to detect whether there is hardware present which is supported by the drivers, which is unrestricted. The fact that these packages are in restricted produces false positives when using tools like vrms.
The overrides seem to be correct, except for nvidia-
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
importance: | Medium → Low |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
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nvidia- graphics- drivers- 71 was removed from Karmic as it doesn't work with current X.org any more.