[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#556749: nvidia-kernel-source: update initramfs on upgrade

[Szymon Janc]

Dnia środa 07 kwiecień 2010 o 09:25:00 Russ Allbery napisał(a):

> Szymon Janc <szymon at janc.net.pl> writes:
> > On upgrade nvidia-kernel-source could check if nvidia module is listed
> > in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and call update-initramfs if so.
> 
> Why would you want to include the nvidia module in your initramfs image?

Some time ago I was experiencing issues with long driver (not with every 
version) initialization which caused KDM failed to start or (less frequently) 
KDM started but my monitor was turning off (I had to switch to console and back 
to turn it on again). 

Including nvidia module in initramfs solved all my issues at that time (module 
was loaded ~5 seconds earlier). Yet, on driver upgrade if I forgot to update 
initramfs manually, xserver didn't start because of nvidia module version 
mismatch.

This is not an issue on my system anymore and since putting video driver in 
initramfs is not typical use case, I will not protest if You wish to close 
this as "won't fix".

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Szymon K. Janc
szymon at janc.net.pl // GG: 1383435