On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:10:38 +0100 floris <[email protected]> wrote: > Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? > > > > 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me? > > From bug 903770 [1]: > > ... the nvidia packages in stretch-backports now require mesa+libglvnd > from stretch-backports. > > You could try to install mesa, libglvnd and xorg from backports first. > > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903770
Aha. That explains it. Thank you much for the link. I have verified that (1) removing backports from the list of repositories allows upgrading stable, and (2) a dist-upgrade of nvidia-driver from stable to stretch-backports installs mesa, etc., which allows upgrade without removing important packages. Greg
