[Bug 1068341] Re: No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages (nvidia driver install fails to get matching header)

[Daniel Stutz]

Cause I'm using virtualbox I've installed the package linux-
headers-3.5.0-17-generic. My system with nvidia GTX260 (packages nvidia-
current + nvidia-settings from ppa:xorg-edgers) and dual monitor mode
worked fine.

But yesterday I did a system software update. The update installed
kernel 3.7 and broke the system.

Only one monitor (with bad resolution 1024x768) was active. There was
only my custom wallpaper and mouse visible (no appmenu, no menu).

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Title:
  No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages (nvidia
  driver install fails to get matching header)

Status in “dkms” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Packages which use dkms require the linux-headers-$KERNEL_VER package
  to be installed for each linux-image-$KERNEL_VER which is installed.
  There's currently no way to specify this dependency.

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  This bug is caused by the allowing of eg. linux-lowlatency kernel's
  headers, while the actual bug people are hitting is bug #1068488 ie.
  the Ubuntu 12.10 installer doesn't install linux-headers-generic by
  default.

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