From b5137a64e4e58fd8b9389320091449f388341ea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Schmelzer
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:59:30 +0000
Subject: get nvidia/ati kernel modules build under ubuntu 9.10: added
 workaround manipulating ubuntu's dkms script not to try to compile kernel
 modules under a unpriviledged user

git-svn-id: http://svn.openslx.org/svn/openslx/openslx/trunk@3166 95ad53e4-c205-0410-b2fa-d234c58c8868
---
 os-plugins/plugins/xserver/files/ubuntu-ng-gfx-install.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'os-plugins/plugins/xserver')

diff --git a/os-plugins/plugins/xserver/files/ubuntu-ng-gfx-install.sh b/os-plugins/plugins/xserver/files/ubuntu-ng-gfx-install.sh
index 07631645..259f2650 100755
--- a/os-plugins/plugins/xserver/files/ubuntu-ng-gfx-install.sh
+++ b/os-plugins/plugins/xserver/files/ubuntu-ng-gfx-install.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ if [ ! -e "/usr/sbin/dkms" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# TODO: find a more clean way for this workaround
+# the current dkms script included in ubuntu is trying to compile
+# kernel modules under the user nobody using "su" which is not
+# working in the installation phase of the plugin.
+
+if [ $(grep -c "getent passwd nobody" /usr/sbin/dkms) -ne 0 ]; then
+   echo -n  "  * Patch DKMS not to run under user nobody .."
+   sed -i "s/getent passwd nobody/getent passwd N0/" \
+          /usr/sbin/dkms
+   echo "ok"
+fi
+
 case ${TARGET} in
   ati)
     mkdir -p ${PLUGIN_FOLDER}/ati/modules
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