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Message #116131
[Bug 1361207] Re: [xorg-edgers] nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 and newer should recommend nvidia-modprobe
I'm the maintainer. Reassigning the bug back to me
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Márcio Jorge PimentaParola (parola-marcio) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361207
Title:
[xorg-edgers] nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 and newer should recommend
nvidia-modprobe
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
nvidia-modprobe allows non-root users to load NVIDIA kernel modules and it creates the respective device entries. This is important for CUDA users as they would otherwise have to run a workaround script to load the kernel modules and create the device entries. This is documented here:
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/6_5/rel/docs/CUDA_Getting_Started_Linux.pdf -> 4.8 Verification
Because of this newer nvidia-graphics-drivers packages (331 and newer)
should at least recommend nvidia-modprobe. Furthermore the nvidia-
modprobe is not available from xorg-edgers. Utopic includes an nvidia-
modprobe package though.
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