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[Bug 1452610] Re: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file

 

I got a very similar error when doing

prime-switch nvidia

from intel on my Razer Blade 2015

/etc/modprobe.d is not a file
/etc/modprobe.d is not a file
/etc/modprobe.d is not a file
/etc/modprobe.d is not a file
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in manual mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in manual mode
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf

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Title:
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file

Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  /var/log/upstart# cat lightdm.log
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  /etc/modprobe.d is not a file
  update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf

  Above looks weird... modprobe.d is a directory & why update-
  alternatives are called?!

  This is lightdm 1.10.5-0ubuntu1

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