Re: SOLVED: Re: Xorg broken in Lenny
On 2008-06-20 12:31 +0200, Chris Lale wrote:
> The diverted files were "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so" and
> "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so". I removed them with dpkg-divert
> and upgraded xserver-xorg-core successfully. My X Window System is restored!
>
> nvidia-glx non-free (NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver) exists in Sarge and Etch,
> (NVIDIA binary Xorg driver) in Sid, but not in Lenny. I don't know how to find
> out whether it used to be in Lenny. My Lenny was an upgrade from Etch - perhaps
> it's remembering it from there?
The diversion was added after Etch, according to
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/changelog.Debian.gz:
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| nvidia-graphics-drivers (100.14.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
|
| * new upstream.
| * Xorg 7.3 compatible (closes: #420177 )
| * divert libwfb.so and libGLcore.so (closes: #442846, #441400)
| * change maintainer to packaging team.
| * change x11-common depends to 1:7.3+2
| * change provides to xserver-xorg-video-2
| * remove use of update-modules (closes: #435650)
|
| -- Randall Donald <rdonald@debian.org> Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:16:06 -0700
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At that time nvidia-glx had already been removed from Lenny.
The diversion has been removed in the meantime, though:
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| nvidia-graphics-drivers (169.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
|
| * Make sure wfb diversion is removed. (closes: #482995)
|
| -- Randall Donald <rdonald@debian.org> Mon, 26 May 2008 09:27:40 -0700
|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (169.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
|
| * Add initial linux-modules-nonfree-2.6 intergration, 2.6.24 only
| * create storage directories for old patches and don't include in binary
| packages.
| * Remove wfb diversion and don't install nvidia's copy.
| * Patch for 2.6.25 support
| * Patch to compile on xen enabled kernels (closes: #476504, #481485)
|
| -- Randall Donald <rdonald@debian.org> Sat, 24 May 2008 19:57:18 -0700
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Which version did you have installed last?
> I'll report this as a bug in xserver-xorg-core.
Please don't. This is a bug in nvidia-glx and already fixed.
Sven
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