Public bug reported:
nvidia-173-kernel-source depends on linux-headers, which is a pure
virtual package provided by all kernel headers. In this case, apt
chooses one more or less at random. In my case, this was linux-
headers-2.6.25-1-386, which was of no use because it didn't match my
kernel. Indeed, since a great majority of all Ubuntu desktops will be
running the current version of the -generic kernel, we can do better
than this random guessing.
To give it a better chance at getting the *correct* kernel headers, I
suggest that it depend on "linux-headers-generic | linux-headers"
instead.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 11 10:08:41 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-glx-173 173.14.09-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
LC_COLLATE=C
PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/surfraw
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-3-generic i686
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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Kernel headers dependency could be more specific
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247527
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