Hi François and Luca, On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Luca Boccassi <luca.bocca...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2015-08-12 at 13:58 +0200, François Legendre wrote: >> Package: nvidia-cuda-toolkit >> Version: 6.0.37-5 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> Many thanks for your work. >> >> I install the nvidia-cuda-toolkit using synaptic. After reboot, the Nouveau >> drivers are still loaded. The command >> >> # lsmod | grep nouveau >> >> prints some lines. >> >> I follow the indications found at http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-getting- >> started-guide-for-linux/#axzz3iaadD0fW for Ubuntu distribution : >> >> 1. Create a file at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf with the following >> contents: >> blacklist nouveau >> options nouveau modeset=0 >> 2. Regenerate the kernel initramfs: >> # update-initramfs -u >> >> Now, it works. > > Hello François, > > Thank you for your report. > > I'm not sure we should blacklist nouveau by default in the nvidia-cuda > packages, since they do not depend on the nvidia-driver packages (I > believe Cuda can be used without the latter). It could leave users with > a broken system.
AFAIK you need to install the proprietary driver in order to use cuda (but I could be mistaken)? I don't think nvidia-cuda-toolkit should ship its own modprobe.d conf file; the proprietary nvidia driver packages already do, and end users should already have that installed. Regards, Vincent
