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nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package

  1. Bug #1361207
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 1361207

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YAFU (yafu) wrote : Re: [xorg-edgers] nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 and newer should recommend nvidia-modprobe

Putting the package in backports is just a workaround. nvidia-modprobe should be automatically installed when you install the nvidia driver. Does it happening currently with new versions of Ubuntu?
Otherwise, this is still a big problem for users:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?355719-No-Cuda-option

@r0ma1ne, you read that thread in latest posts (user have mint 17)