I'm on 16.04.1 with nvidia 378 (from ppa) and am getting these errors too. So "/etc/modprobe.d is not a file" is safe to ignore. What about "update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux- gnu_gfxcore_conf" ?
# systemctl status gpu-manager.service ● gpu-manager.service - Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gpu-manager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2017-02-09 19:09:47 GMT; 17min ago Process: 1254 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gpu-manager --log /var/log/gpu-manager.log (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1254 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow systemd[1]: Starting Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes... Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Feb 09 19:09:46 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Feb 09 19:09:47 sparrow gpu-manager[1254]: update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf Feb 09 19:09:47 sparrow systemd[1]: Started Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369216 Title: gpu-manager: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Get these lines logged into gpu-manager.log, on that fresh stock installation /etc/modprobe.d is not a file update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Sep 14 08:42:45 2014 ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSessionVersion: upstart 1.13.2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.13.2) modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2014-08-29T19:12:47.435075 mtime.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: 2014-09-07T17:01:23.246055 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1369216/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

