** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix
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Title:
No way to specify correct dependencies for
The proprietary drivers already depend on linux-headers-generic | linux-
headers. The optional dependency here is because you might not have a
linux-generic kernel installed; you might have linux-lowlatency, or
linux-server, and in that case you need linux-headers-lowlatency or
This affects ATI drivers as well.
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Title:
nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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Same thing happens with the AMD video drivers, and I figured out the
workaround myself.
It's pretty absurd though that a bug like this can make it through
release.
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The user solution should be to install the meta package, not a specific
version. So this is better suggested
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
This has become a major problem for users - A quick fix would be to adjust the
control file(s) for nvidia-* fglrx to only dep on
Oh come one! This is an HUGE bug! I have just messed up all my
installations for this. Fortunately in this case there is a simple
solution but a new user can be seriously scared by this bug.
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** Summary changed:
- nvidia-current-updates missed linux-headers-generic deps
+ nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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