[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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 linux-headers-server insntalled; these Provide: linux-headers. What has likely happened here is that you've installed, say, linux- headers-3.5.0-15-generic but have *not* got linux-headers-generic installed. In this case, linux-headers-3.5.0-15-generic Provides: linux- headers, so the dependency is satisfied, but you're going to try booting with linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic for which you don't have headers, so things will break. The real problem here is that dpkg does not have the ability to specify the real dependency here, which is “This package depends on linux- headers-$FOO for each linux-image-$FOO installed”. ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist ** Summary changed: - nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency + No way to specify correct dependency for dkms packages ** Summary changed: - No way to specify correct dependency for dkms packages + No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages ** Description changed: - nvidia-current-updates missed linux-headers-generic deps + Packages which use dkms require the linux-headers-$KERNEL_VER package to + be installed for each linux-image-$KERNEL_VER which is installed. + There's currently no way to specify this dependency. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
This affects ATI drivers as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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 linux-headers-generic instead of the current linux-headers-generic | linux-headers Or have linux-headers-generic installed by default Bug 1068488 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1068341] Re: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency
** Summary changed: - nvidia-current-updates missed linux-headers-generic deps + nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068341 Title: nVidia proprietary drivers miss linux-headers-generic dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
