[archive at ubuntu.com: Accepted debian-installer 20061102ubuntu6 (source)]

[Timo Aaltonen]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Travis Watkins wrote:

> On 12/11/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does this also fix the dependency (?) problem with the generic kernel
>> and restricted_modules? I installed from herd1 kubuntu alternate and
>> had to manually move back to the ...386 kernel because the nvidia
>> module would not load using ...generic.
>>
>
> This is either a bug in apt or the dependencies of nvidia-glx, take
> your pick. It depends on nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629 which both
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19-7-generic and
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19-7-386 provide. apt seems to pick the
> 386 version (which in most cases also installs the 386 kernel) instead
> of the generic version which wouldn't need a new kernel. I'll file a
> bug tomorrow morning if this isn't already known.

the situation you described is known:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17/+bug/68621


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