Comment 123 for bug 1431753
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| Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation | #123 |
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On 14-08-15 10:52:23, teo1978 wrote:
> > This, while unfortunate, is not a bug,
>
> Yes it is. You are only giving a diagnosis of the exact cause of the bug
> (which by the way I already knew), but that doesn't make it less of a
> bug.
>
The alternatives switched back to automatic mode, and in automatic mode
the nvidia alternative has a higher priority than mesa's (which is what
you want).
You can either select the mesa alternative, call ldconfig, and update
the initramfs, or uninstall the nvidia package (as I recommended).
> > and we cannot change it, due to
> > the way alternatives work.
>
> I seriously doubt that's IMPOSSIBLE to fix. It may not be easy, but if you can do it manually, it can be done automatically. You only need to produce a script that looks at the settings (alternatives, or whatever) before uninstalling the old package, and then applies them (with all the necessary remappings and modifications) after installing the new one.
> It may be a lot of work but it's NECESSARY and it was part of fixing
> this issue. A part that hasn't been done.
Such work is not "necessary", as yours is really an unsupported corner
case. If you insist on keeping the nvidia driver installed and disabled,
against what we recommend, that is your problem.