Bug#994971: OpenCL not working with latest Nvidia driver

[Klaus Ethgen]

Am So den 26. Sep 2021 um 16:46 schrieb Andreas Beckmann:
> On 26/09/2021 17.02, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> > Ah yes, and here is the dpkg -L nvidia-kernel-support:
> >     /.
> >     /etc
> >     /etc/nvidia
> >     /etc/nvidia/current
> >     /etc/nvidia/current/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf
> >     /etc/nvidia/current/nvidia-load.conf
> >     /etc/nvidia/current/nvidia-modprobe.conf
> ...
> 
> I suspect that nvidia-modprobe.conf somehow got deleted. Check
>   debsums -ac nvidia-kernel-support

Well, THAT gives a missing file.

> And if the file does not exist, no alternative is created for it.

It exsisted before the update.. See my etckeeper-Log:
   > git log --stat nvidia modprobe.d alternatives
   commit 8f21d4d148d7b1a349d40896a422a7753ca75509 (HEAD -> master)
   Author: Root <root at localhost>
   Date:   Sat Sep 25 12:53:02 2021 +0100

       committing changes in /etc made by "apt-get --auto-remove dist-upgrade"

       Packages with configuration changes:
       -nvidia-kernel-support 470.57.02-2 amd64
       +nvidia-kernel-support 470.57.02-3 amd64

       Package changes:
   [456 packages changed]

    alternatives/blas.pc-x86_64-linux-gnu     |  1 +
    alternatives/cblas.h-x86_64-linux-gnu     |  1 +
    alternatives/glx--nvidia-modprobe.conf    |  1 -
    alternatives/libblas.a-x86_64-linux-gnu   |  1 +
    alternatives/libblas.so-x86_64-linux-gnu  |  1 +
    alternatives/nvidia--nvidia-modprobe.conf |  1 -
    modprobe.d/nvidia.conf                    |  1 -
    nvidia/current/nvidia-modprobe.conf       | 22 ----------------------
    nvidia/nvidia-modprobe.conf               |  1 -
    9 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

So, you see that the update deleted
alternatives/glx--nvidia-modprobe.conf,
alternatives/nvidia--nvidia-modprobe.conf, modprobe.d/nvidia.conf,
nvidia/current/nvidia-modprobe.conf and nvidia/nvidia-modprobe.conf.

Regards
   Klaus
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