nvidia-graphics-drivers-* should recommend nvidia-modprobe
Bug #1361207 reported by
Michael Schaller
This bug affects 36 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
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://
Because of this newer nvidia-
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
summary: |
- [xorg-edgers] nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 and newer should recommend - nvidia-modprobe + nvidia-graphics-drivers-* should recommend nvidia-modprobe |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Won't Fix |
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So, just to be clear, is this why i can't get CUDA to work with the 343.22 drivers from xorg-edgers PPA?