--- /dev/null
+commit b770266fa9c3fab5374bdf109676e0b129ac4546
+Author: Bryce Harrington <bryce@canonical.com>
+Date: Wed Apr 3 13:36:20 2013 -0700
+
+ Don't bother probing -nv on linux.
+
+ For linux this driver is long obsolete now. It may have some relevance
+ on non-linux systems.
+
+diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86pciBus.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86pciBus.c
+index b2545be..73a662d 100644
+--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86pciBus.c
++++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86pciBus.c
+@@ -1220,8 +1220,9 @@ xf86VideoPtrToDriverList(struct pci_device *dev,
+ driverList[idx++] = "nvidia";
+ #ifdef __linux__
+ driverList[idx++] = "nouveau";
+-#endif
++#else
+ driverList[idx++] = "nv";
++#endif
+ break;
+ }
+ case 0x1106: