[xubuntu-users] "System program problem detected"

[Rob Ward]

On 10/07/15 15:52, blind Pete wrote:
> Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
>> Lately I've been getting this strange dialog saying
>>
>>      System program problem detected
>>
>>      Do you want to report the problem now?
>>
>>      [Cancel] [Report problem...]
>>
>> every time I start my Xubuntu GUI session. I actually get at least two
>> instances of this popup; one is in the top left (just under the top
>> bar) and the other's in the center. When I click to send the report,
>> it tells me that it's a problem installing the nvidia-331 package. I
>> do have the closed-source Nvidia driver, but this keeps coming up when
>> I'm not trying to upgrade. Is this just left over from some time when
>> I tried to update the driver in the past?
> There is a long standing bug between dkms, nvidia, and multiple
> kernel modules.  Go to launchpad.net and search for nvidia and
> uvm.  Apparently, it is just cosmetic for most people and will
> be fixed with a driver update to 340 real soon now.  If you
> are impatient and like mucking about with your computer try
> adding the PPA from,
> <https://launchpad.net/~mamarley/+archive/ubuntu/nvidia>.
>
Just slightly off topic, but how we know when we respond to these
alerts and we blithely type in our password to authorise the details
to be sent off that we know that the alert is genuine and not just
a faked up window to capture our password??
I am never logged in as root, but routinely use my password in
these situations.
I am not doubting Eric's problem exists, but I am often unsure
about various alerts I get, and how secure my response is?

Rob Ward