Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing
On 07/17/2014 10:12 AM, John Bleichert wrote: The Nvidia drivers have been removed from testing since they are not compatible with xorg-server 1.16[1,2,3]. Stick to your current 1.15 X server or switch to nouveau. Were you talking about the release clients with the [1,2,3] - sorry, didn't see that. Just trying to clear up my own confusion. X.Org X Server 1.15.99.904 (1.16.0 RC 4) Where are you all seeing xorg 1.16.n? To the OP: I install and maintain the proprietary nvidia driver myself w/o getting it from the repos. I'm at driver level 340.24 and everything works like a charm. x.org and mesa updates sometimes clobber the library links for the nvidia driver but a simple driver re-install fixes it. JB -- --- John Bleichert-syb...@earthlink.net The heat from below can burn your eyes out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53c7e07a.2060...@earthlink.net
Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing
On 07/17/2014 01:49 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2014-07-17 01:53 +0200, Jonas Lippuner wrote: It looks like the nvidia-driver package disappeared from testing/jessie. When I try to install it from sid, it complains about broken dependencies. Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it? The Nvidia drivers have been removed from testing since they are not compatible with xorg-server 1.16[1,2,3]. Stick to your current 1.15 X server or switch to nouveau. At least for the current and the 304 legacy drivers Nvidia has released updates, so interested people should consider helping to package them. The current maintainers have not responded to the bug reports linked below. :-( Running jessie/sid here and after this morning's update I am at: X.Org X Server 1.15.99.904 (1.16.0 RC 4) Where are you all seeing xorg 1.16.n? To the OP: I install and maintain the proprietary nvidia driver myself w/o getting it from the repos. I'm at driver level 340.24 and everything works like a charm. x.org and mesa updates sometimes clobber the library links for the nvidia driver but a simple driver re-install fixes it. JB -- --- John Bleichert-syb...@earthlink.net The heat from below can burn your eyes out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53c7d9dd.7070...@earthlink.net
Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing
Op Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:49:51 +0200 schreef Sven Joachim : On 2014-07-17 01:53 +0200, Jonas Lippuner wrote: It looks like the nvidia-driver package disappeared from testing/jessie. When I try to install it from sid, it complains about broken dependencies. Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it? The Nvidia drivers have been removed from testing since they are not compatible with xorg-server 1.16[1,2,3]. Stick to your current 1.15 X server or switch to nouveau. At least for the current and the 304 legacy drivers Nvidia has released updates, so interested people should consider helping to package them. The current maintainers have not responded to the bug reports linked below. :-( Cheers, Sven 1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751082 2. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754250 3. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754251 The Current long-lived branch release (340.24 version) from nvidia has 1.16 support. You can use the Siduction packages if you want to upgrade, or wait a little bit longer till the Debian Nvidia maintainers have packed that version. floris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/op.xi4s6wft5k9...@alice.jkfloris.demon.nl
Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing
On 2014-07-17 01:53 +0200, Jonas Lippuner wrote: > It looks like the nvidia-driver package disappeared from > testing/jessie. When I try to install it from sid, it complains about > broken dependencies. Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it? The Nvidia drivers have been removed from testing since they are not compatible with xorg-server 1.16[1,2,3]. Stick to your current 1.15 X server or switch to nouveau. At least for the current and the 304 legacy drivers Nvidia has released updates, so interested people should consider helping to package them. The current maintainers have not responded to the bug reports linked below. :-( Cheers, Sven 1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751082 2. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754250 3. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754251 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/877g3cmt4w@turtle.gmx.de
