On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Luca Boccassi <luca.bocca...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2015 08:55, "Vincent Cheng" <vch...@debian.org> wrote: >> >> 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. > > Hello, > > I agree, I don't think the toolkit should ship a modprobe file. > > I thought the drivers were mandatory to run Cuda programs, but not to build > them. Unless I'm mistaken, the toolkit is used to build.
Ah, that would make sense...I don't know a thing about how cuda works, to be honest. > If this is not the case, should then the toolkit package depend on the > drivers? That's probably a question that's best answered by either Andreas or Graham. Thoughts? Regards, Vincent
