Kernel headers dependency could be more specific

This would be trivial to add. I'll work on it.

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 - 173.14.09-0ubuntu5

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (173.14.09-0ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Fix (LP: #247527) depend on linux-headers-generic | linux-headers rather
    than on linux-headers

 -- Alberto Milone (tseliot) <email address hidden> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:16:55 +0200

Perhaps both linux-headers and linux-headers-generic should be dependencies?

I (running linux-generic) had linux-headers but not linux-headers-generic installed when upgrading to 8.10, which meant that the nvidia driver installation didn't work, as it required the headers for linux-generic.

Just noticed that this issue still exists with the nvidia-glx-96 package. On a fresh install of Intrepid with no kernel headers installed, apt/aptitude wants to install the 2.6.25 headers and not those for 2.6.27. Installing the right headers first before installing nvidia-glx-96 resolves the problem, but a new user will likely not know to do that.

Why was this bug on the front page in the latest bugs reported section? And it said that it was reported by Leann Ogasawara.

[This is an automated message]

Hi mdz,

Thanks for including an image to demonstrate the issue. Could you also please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too.

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 06:31:40AM -0000, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> [This is an automated message]
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> Hi mdz,
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> Thanks for including an image to demonstrate the issue. Could you also please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.
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> Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too.
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> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete

I think this automated message and status change were in error. This bug
happens to have a PNG file attached, but it is not demonstrating the bug
(and is in fact irrelevant). I've deleted it now.

This bug requires only a trivial change to the headers of
nvidia-graphics-driver-96 and is not incomplete. it's already fixed in
-173.

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 - mdz

mdz, thanks. Alberto, is there any reason not to apply the fix for -173 to -96 as well?

We don't depend on the headers any more, therefore I'm closing this report