Replacing Jockey-text with a few short lines of simplified python

install_nvidia-current.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import apt    
import subprocess

#import fnctrl <-- filelock on modprobe blacklists...
#import XKit.xutils <-- xorg.conf file editing

driver = "nvidia-current"
xorg_conf_path = "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

apt.apt_pkg.Config.Set('DPkg::options::','--force-confnew')

c = apt.Cache()
c[driver].markInstall()
c.commit()

#dunno if this is really required...
subprocess.call(['/sbin/modprobe', driver])
#could possibly need to handle removing module name from blacklists
#in /etc/modprobe.d/*
#optional rebind. Primarily used for firmware driver updates.

## We can either try to edit the xorg.conf file ourselves...
#xorg_conf = XKit.xutils.XUtils(xorg_conf_path)
#org_conf.setDriver('Device', self.xorg_driver, device)

# or let nvidia do the hard work.
subprocess.call(['nvidia-xconfig'])