Bug#684774: nvidia-kernel-common: please move nvidia-kernel-common.conf to /lib/modprobe.d

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2012-08-13 20:30, Sven Joachim wrote:
> When the nvidia-kernel-common package is removed but not purged, the
> nouveau kernel module remains blacklisted which is probably not what the
> user wants and may create problems.
> 
> It seems to me that this could be solved by shipping
> nvidia-kernel-common.conf in /lib/modprobe.d/ rather than in
> /etc/modprobe.d/.  Users can still override the configuration by
> creating their own /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf.

a different approach has been implemented in experimental, the
blacklists are now coupled the glx alternative

this should allow switching between nvidia/nouveau and fglrx/radeon
without needing to remove/purge any package


Andreas