Your message dated Wed, 1 Sep 2021 06:17:23 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#992548: dpkg: Wishlist-Alternatives-please support
changing between drivers nvidia and nouveau on reboot
has caused the Debian Bug report #992548,
regarding dpkg: Wishlist-Alternatives-please support changing between drivers
nvidia and nouveau on reboot
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992548: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992548
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.19.7
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
When installing proprietary nvidia drivers, I noticed that the free nouveau
driver was better at
linux virtual console than the nvidia drivers. I know that the nvidia driver
blacklists the free nouveau
driver to work, so it must still be on the system. It seems that having
update-alternatives symlinking system
be able to just point to the driver would be highly convenient for users.
I attempted to pass every conceivable linux kernal parameter for video to the
kernel via grub, but it looks like
nvidia simply doesn't pay attention to these. I considered making a dual-boot
system, one without the nvidia
drivers, but deemed such an attempt as too complicated for the function I
wanted. I also thought I should mention
that attempting to remove the nvidia proprietary driver caused me to fear
unstability, but I don't know if this fear
was rational or not. I do want the features of both drivers though.
Thank you for considering this,
---
Scotty Fitzgerald
-- Package-specific info:
System tainted due to merged-usr-via-symlinks.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.10
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-16-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii liblzma5 5.2.4-1
ii libselinux1 2.8-1+b1
ii tar 1.30+dfsg-6
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
dpkg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 1.8.2.3
pn debsig-verify <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi!
On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 21:04:20 -0400, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.19.7
> Severity: wishlist
> When installing proprietary nvidia drivers, I noticed that the free
> nouveau driver was better at linux virtual console than the nvidia
> drivers. I know that the nvidia driver blacklists the free nouveau
> driver to work, so it must still be on the system. It seems that
> having update-alternatives symlinking system be able to just point
> to the driver would be highly convenient for users.
>
> I attempted to pass every conceivable linux kernal parameter for video
> to the kernel via grub, but it looks like nvidia simply doesn't pay
> attention to these. I considered making a dual-boot system, one
> without the nvidia drivers, but deemed such an attempt as too
> complicated for the function I wanted. I also thought I should mention
> that attempting to remove the nvidia proprietary driver caused me to
> fear unstability, but I don't know if this fear was rational or not.
> I do want the features of both drivers though.
I don't see how dpkg could fix this, what you request seems rather out
of scope for it. To me this looks like you might need to discuss your
options with both the nvidia and nouveau maintainers and reach a
solution that works for everyone. Please reach them out and see what
they think. But take into account they might just not be able to do
much either.
I'm thus closing this report now.
Thanks,
Guillem
--- End Message ---
