"That would mean that you wouldn't have a chance, ever, to try the upstream installer."
There is a command-line option that can be used to override the script and proceed with the nvidia-installer. But as Alberto says above, if someone has gotten to that point, they obviously know exactly what they are doing. The only other option I can think of is to tie nvidia-common harder to the system using a Depends on the big metapackages (ubuntu-desktop et al.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704597 Title: Please move pre-install script to jockey-common -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs