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Guys it's a closed source driver. I'm being a hypocrite here, but chillax.
On 14 Aug 2015 21:16, "teo1978" <teo8976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > And also, if a piece of software is designed in such a way that if you
> > > stop using it yoy have to uninstall it otherwise it may be harmful, it
> > > is badly designed.
> >
> > Ok, that implies that all drivers are badly designed. It's your opinion.
>
> Don't pretend you are stupid when you aren't. This driver used to have an
> option (nicely accessible through user interface) which allowed to just not
> use it. It was *designed* to be either used or not used. And when not used,
> it would do nothing and interfere with nothing.
> So, the newer version doesn't that anymore? Then you can't replace one
> version with another without performing some check. The update is
> incomplete and buggy if it does that.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1411195).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431753
>
> Title:
>   Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation
>
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 source package in Trusty:
>   Invalid
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates source package in Trusty:
>   Invalid
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 source package in Trusty:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates source package in Trusty:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 source package in Trusty:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates source package in Trusty:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   Filing this against the 340-updates version but possibly the same
>   applies to older versions, too. The nvidia source package produces two
>   individual dkms packages: nvidia-340-updates, nvidia-340-updates-uvm.
>   The problem is that the DKMS build of the nvidia-uvm module runs
>   compile steps inside the nvidia modules build directory. This is
>   violating the DKMS assumption that each module can be build
>   independently (there is no way of describing cross-modules
>   dependencies and even more important, the autoinstall step after a new
>   kernel is installed will run the modules build in parallel).
>
>   Since nvidia and nvidia-uvm are very dependent on each other the right
>   course of action seems to be to combine both sources in one DKMS
>   module that produces two kernel modules (this is supported by DKMS).
>   For the transition this resulting dkms package needs to have a
>   breaks/replaces for the nvidia-uvm package.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1431753/+subscriptions
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431753

Title:
  Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Filing this against the 340-updates version but possibly the same
  applies to older versions, too. The nvidia source package produces two
  individual dkms packages: nvidia-340-updates, nvidia-340-updates-uvm.
  The problem is that the DKMS build of the nvidia-uvm module runs
  compile steps inside the nvidia modules build directory. This is
  violating the DKMS assumption that each module can be build
  independently (there is no way of describing cross-modules
  dependencies and even more important, the autoinstall step after a new
  kernel is installed will run the modules build in parallel).

  Since nvidia and nvidia-uvm are very dependent on each other the right
  course of action seems to be to combine both sources in one DKMS
  module that produces two kernel modules (this is supported by DKMS).
  For the transition this resulting dkms package needs to have a
  breaks/replaces for the nvidia-uvm package.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1431753/+subscriptions