Bug#1087434: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms 545 does not conflict with nvidia-kernel-dkms 545

Andreas Beckmann anbe at debian.org
Wed Nov 13 20:49:52 GMT 2024


On 11/13/24 15:45, matias wrote:
> Package: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms
> Version: 545.23.06-2

>     * What was the outcome of this action?
>     i can install both at the same time.
>     * What outcome did you expect instead?
>     package conflict at installer level

Why shouldn't they be co-installable? There are no file conflicts 
between the packages. Usually you install only one of them. But if you 
have both available, you can switch between them with
update-glx --config nvidia .
This makes trying out the open driver much easier ...


Andreas



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