Public bug reported:
nvidia-glx depends on the restricted modules package, but if this is not
installed then it tries to install the -386 version instead of the current
version.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Install and use a non-386 kernel version (I use k7, but will probably work
for 686)
2) Remove 386 kernel version
3) Remove any linux-restricted-modules packages if they are installed
4) Tell apt to install nvidia-glx, it will try to install the -386 restricted
modules, along with the -386 linux image which they depend on. Not only is this
unneeded (wastes many MBs), it will not make the driver work for the running
kernel.
This is avoided by making sure linux-restricted-modules-<kernelversion>
is already installed when installing nvidia-glx. Specifying it on the
same apt line, eg. "sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-
modules-2.6.15-23-k7 nvidia-glx", doesn't work, it just tries to get 2
versions of the restricted modules and a 386 kernel image.
** Affects: nvidia-glx (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Installing pulls in extra kernels
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54625
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