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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Mathieu L <lejatorn AT linuxmail.org>:
> > > put 'nvidia' in /etc/modules.
> > >
> >
> > This question comes up often enough that the spell POST_INSTALL should
> > make sure it's got at least once copy of 'nvidia' in /etc/modules.
> > Either that or never insert the module during cast so that users get to
> > insert the module on their own terms.
> >
> > Seth
> >
> 
> - -->or simply an echo like
> "don't forget to modprobe nvidia if you want to use it"
> at the end of BUILD or in POST_INSTALL.
> Even if it's automatically copied in /etc/modules, it's nice for newbies
> like me to know how it's been taken care of and why, so that, as you
> said, we can choose to insert the module on our own terms and understand
> how things actually work.
> 
> /Lejatorn.

IIRC it's `make install` which modprobes the nvidia driver, not anything we 
do.
So perhaps a message would be good informing the user of this, though then we
run into the problem of long lists of spells to be cast and these messages
disappearing.

-sandalle

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