Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing

[Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>]

Op Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:49:51 +0200 schreef Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:

> 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