Bug#785598: nvidia-vdpau-driver: routine upgrades again install a nvidia driver on non-nvidia hardware

[Andreas Beckmann]

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On Mon, 18 May 2015 09:02:39 +0200 jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S.
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> Package: nvidia-vdpau-driver
> Version: 340.65-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Please reassign as appropriate.
> 
> Contrary to the previous case
> 
>          #769072: Broken graphics due to libgl1-nvidia-glx auto-install on
>  non-nvidia hardware
> 
> I get only warnings, e.g. when calling vlc
> 
>   modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_current': No such device
> 
> I can live with it, especially as I will stop to use the computer in
> question in a few weeks.
> 
> I report the bug just for information that such things happen.

I have no idea how to reproduce this, i.e. what packages need to be
installed such that an upgrade pulls in nvidia bits.


Andreas