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nvidia-common package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #804662
  3. Comment #117

Comment 117 for bug 804662

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Matthias ran the test script for me:

11:02:44 doko | $ python test.py
11:02:44 doko | main_name x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf other_name i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf other_alt NvidiaDetector.alternatives.Alternatives object at 0x18b6390>
11:02:44 doko | oa_name type <type 'str'> value /usr/lib/fglrx/alt_ld.so.conf

So the current code already checks against None, and the passed value is a string. So the subprocess command passes a different parameter which is not a string than the alternative path.

Alberto, can you please have a look at this?