Honestly I'm not sure what else we can do in the nvidia package other than checking the existence of the kernel module.
In the postinst script of the nvidia package we check the exit status of the script that we use to build the module: case "$1" in configure) /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst $NAME $CVERSION /usr/share/$PACKAGE_NAME $ARCH $2 exit $? ;; ** Also affects: dkms (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- DKMS build fails, but package upgrade still successful https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438398 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs