This is not actually a defect in nvidia-common. It is a defect in dkms. The /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms script is sending messages to stdout. That script is run under /usr/share/debconf/frontend, which expects that stdout will only be used for messages to it. The actual response to the output does not occur while /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms is running. The error message is deferred until the /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common script runs. That second script tries to send debconf requests to stdout. That triggers the debconf error message in response to the junk that dkms wrote earlier.
Patching /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms to redirect stdout fixes the problem. Adding "1>&2" to the invocation of /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller keeps stdout clean. ** Attachment added: "Redirect stdout to stderr in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms ." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27310838/dkms.patch -- dkms - error when installing custom kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292606 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
