Re: nvidia-driver disappeared from testing

[John Bleichert <syborg@earthlink.net>]

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


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