Public bug reported: Currently NVIDIA's upstream installer will emit a "The distribution- provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue?" message when /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install script returns error (which is hard-coded to always return 1 no matter that ubuntu-provided NVIDIA proprietary driver exist or not), logics should be implemented from letting NVIDIA proprietary installer display that confusing message to the user when the system is free of ubuntu-supplied NVIDIA proprietary drivers.
`````````` /var/log/nvidia-installer.log ````````` -> Running distribution scripts executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'... -> done. -> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation) ``````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````` /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install ``````` #!/bin/sh # Trigger an error exit status to prevent the installer from overwriting # Ubuntu's nvidia packages. exit 1 ``````````````````````````````````````````````` ** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Currently NVIDIA's upstream installer will emit a "The distribution- provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue?" message when /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install script returns error (which is hard-coded to always return 1 no matter that ubuntu-provided NVIDIA proprietary driver exist or not), logics should be implemented from letting NVIDIA proprietary installer display that confusing message to the user when the system is free of ubuntu-supplied NVIDIA proprietary drivers. + + `````````` /var/log/nvidia-installer.log ````````` + -> Running distribution scripts + executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'... + -> done. + -> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation) + + ``````````````````````````````````````````````` + + ``````````` /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install ``````` + #!/bin/sh + + # Trigger an error exit status to prevent the installer from overwriting + # Ubuntu's nvidia packages. + + exit 1 + ``````````````````````````````````````````````` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481925 Title: ubuntu-drivers-common should avoid "distro-provided-script error" message from be shown in NVIDIA upstream driver installer when no "Ubuntu's nvidia packages" are installed in the system. Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Currently NVIDIA's upstream installer will emit a "The distribution- provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue?" message when /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install script returns error (which is hard-coded to always return 1 no matter that ubuntu- provided NVIDIA proprietary driver exist or not), logics should be implemented from letting NVIDIA proprietary installer display that confusing message to the user when the system is free of ubuntu- supplied NVIDIA proprietary drivers. `````````` /var/log/nvidia-installer.log ````````` -> Running distribution scripts executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'... -> done. -> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation) ``````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````` /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install ``````` #!/bin/sh # Trigger an error exit status to prevent the installer from overwriting # Ubuntu's nvidia packages. exit 1 ``````````````````````````````````````````````` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1481925/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp