Is there a chance of getting the below patch applied at some point? It's fairly straight forward and will be required when the modprobe finally stops loading files from /etc/modprobe.d that don't end in ".conf".
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 01:37:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Here is a patch that does this, shamelessly stolen from > the Ubuntu package: > > diff -Nru nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/changelog > nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/changelog > --- nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/changelog 2008-09-01 > 20:22:35.000000000 +0200 > +++ nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/changelog 2009-03-31 > 13:22:24.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ > +nvidia-kernel-common (20080825+1+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low > + > + * Non-maintainer upload. > + * Rename modprobe config file to nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf, > + patch stolen from the Ubuntu package (closes: #518566). > + > + -- Sven Joachim <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:18:57 +0200 > + > nvidia-kernel-common (20080825+1) unstable; urgency=medium > > * Change maintainer. > diff -Nru nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/postinst > nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/postinst > --- nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/postinst 1970-01-01 > 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 > +++ nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/postinst 2009-03-05 > 21:13:25.000000000 +0100 > @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > + > +set -e > + > +if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then > + if [ -e "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc" ]; then > + echo "Preserving user changes to > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf ..." > + if [ -e "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf" ]; then > + mv -f "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf" > "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf.dpkg-new" > + fi > + mv -f "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc" > "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf" > + fi > +fi > + > +#DEBHELPER# > diff -Nru nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/preinst > nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/preinst > --- nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/preinst 2008-08-25 > 22:51:21.000000000 +0200 > +++ nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/preinst 2009-03-31 > 13:14:35.000000000 +0200 > @@ -9,4 +9,14 @@ > fi > fi > > +if [ "$1" = install ] || [ "$1" = upgrade ]; then > + if [ -e "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc" ]; then > + if [ "`md5sum \"/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc\" | sed -e > \"s/ .*//\"`" = \ > + "`dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}' nvidia-kernel-common | > sed -n -e \"\\\\' /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc's/.* //p\"`" ] > + then > + rm -f "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc" > + fi > + fi > +fi > + > #DEBHELPER# > diff -Nru nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/rules > nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/rules > --- nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1/debian/rules 2008-08-26 > 18:50:25.000000000 +0200 > +++ nvidia-kernel-common-20080825+1+nmu1/debian/rules 2009-03-31 > 13:14:42.000000000 +0200 > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ > > dh_installinit --name=nvidia-kernel -- start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 1 . > > - install -D -m 0644 nvidia-kernel.modules-2.6 > debian/nvidia-kernel-common/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc > + install -D -m 0644 nvidia-kernel.modules-2.6 > debian/nvidia-kernel-common/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf > > > # Build architecture-independent files here. -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[email protected]>
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