The attachment "Merge nvidia's fix for split dkms builds." seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu- reviewers, unsubscribe the team.
[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570323 Title: DKMS cannot build nvidia-graphics-drivers against a custom kernel using a separate build ouput directory Status in Dynamic Kernel Module Support: Invalid Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When building against a custom kernel using a separate build output directory, the source directory (/lib/modules/<version>/source) should be passed to the nvidia makefile as SYSSRC and the build output directory (/lib/modules/<version>/build) as SYSOUT. Currently dkms passes the build output directory as SYSSRC - which will only work if the build was done inside the source directory, for obvious reasons. I don't know if this is a dkms bug (ie: dkms cannot express the two directories) or an nvidia packaging bug. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dkms/+bug/570323/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
