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Re: xserver-xorg (1:7.2.ds3-1) to 1:7.3~rc1 fails with orig. NVIDIA 9639 driver.



Norbert Breun wrote:
>
> xserver-xorg-core (2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12) to 2:1.3.99.0-2
>
>
> I am using the NVIDIA drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9639-pkg1.
>
>
> Having upgraded to above packages I get following error + X does not
> start:
>
>            [31] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
>     (EE) NVIDIA(0): This video driver ABI is not supported.
>     (EE) NVIDIA(0): Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check.
>
>     Fatal server error:
>     AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>

You need a new nVidia driver which supports Xserver 1.4
(xserver-xorg-core 1.3.99.0 is the packaging of the first release
candidate of Xserver 1.4).

But I don't know whether nVidia will release such a driver before the
official Xserver 1.4 is released (planned for the end of August).

Brice



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