On 14-08-15 13:24:50, teo1978 wrote: > > Such work is not "necessary", as yours is really an unsupported corner > > case. If you insist on keeping the nvidia driver installed and disabled, > > against what we recommend, that is your problem. > > And how was I supposed to know what you "recommend"? > > Back in the days when I installed Ubuntu on my machine, there was a friendly > interface somewhere like "Software & Updates" > "Additional Drivers" or > something, where I could choose to install and use the NVidia drivers. > Then, when I saw they wouldn't work, I went to the same interface and chose > not to use them. No warning appeared telling me that was "not recommended" or > that I should uninstall the drivers. >
Different use cases were supported in 12.04. For example, you could have multiple nvidia drivers installed at the same time. That changed after 12.04. > And also, if a piece of software is designed in such a way that if you > stop using it yoy have to uninstall it otherwise it may be harmful, it > is badly designed. Ok, that implies that all drivers are badly designed. It's your opinion. This, however, is a bug report. Now please stop posting, as this bug report is closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431753 Title: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1431753/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
