Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Tue, 2016-12-27 at 11:10 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Package: nvidia-legacy-173xx-kernel-source > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > it looks like kernel 4.8 and old nvidia sources 173xx do not work together. > As I am using an old nvidia card (GF5700 Ultra), I need 173xx kernel module. > But sadly it > cannot be build. I do not know, if you can do anything with it, but it would > be nice, if youcould take an eye on it. > > I have to tell, this problem occurs since a year, but maybe you did not know > about it since today. > > Thank you very much for reading this. > > Best regards > > Hans > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Hi, Sorry but the 173xx series has been deprecated by Nvidia so it's no longer maintained and has been removed a while ago from unstable/testing. Even if the kernel module build were to be made compatible with the kernel version in testing/unstable, 173xx does not support the current (or previous) Xorg server version, so it would be useless anyway See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754250 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740535 With that card you have 2 choices: 1) Try your luck with nouveau 2) Install Debian 7 (Wheezy) where 173 has shipped and is compatible with kernel and xorg Note that given upstream has discontinued it there will be no fixes for security vulnerabilities (and I think there's already been a few since). Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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