Public bug reported:
Installing nvidia-experimental-310 causes bumblebee to uninstall, as
bumblebee depends on nvidia-current. However, logically, nvidia-
experimental-310, being an updated, newer version of the driver,
essentially containing all the previous / existing features, should
provide nvidia-current, and hence nvidia-experimental-310 should satisfy
the requirements of bumblebee similarly as nvidia-current.
This causes a major issue with laptops using Optimus technology; it restricts
the users to nvidia-current, allowing no testing of the more up-to-date drivers
with improved performance.
What should happen:
User is able to install and use updated, even if experimental, nvidia drivers
on a laptop with Optimus
What happens:
Installing nvidia-experimental-310 causes bumblebee to uninstall, and hence on
boot-up no nvidia card is detected as there is no bumblebee kernel module to
turn it on.
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
nvidia-experimental-310 does not provide nvidia-current
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