patch 8.2.2307: a shell command in the vimrc causes terminal output Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ebbf11c1198b7aec8a1a55f7231ecb4f1a432fa0 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Jan 7 14:45:03 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.2307: a shell command in the vimrc causes terminal output Problem: A shell command in the vimrc causes terminal output. Solution: Do not call starttermcap() after a shell command if the termcap wasn't active before.

#!/bin/bash
set -e

if ! modprobe snd-dummy; then
    # snd-dummy is contained in linux-modules-extra (if exists)
    apt-get install -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends "linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)"
    modprobe snd-dummy
fi