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Bug#623441: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: should (indirectly) depend on kernel 2.6.38



Hi.

Christoph Groth <cwg@falma.de> (20/04/2011):
> This problem occurred today after upgrading to the most recent state
> of Debian testing.
> 
> The package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau was upgraded, but as it does
> not depend on a linux 2.6.38, the installed kernel was still version
> 2.6.32.  Subsequently, the xserver failed to start (logfile included
> below).

Then you didn't upgrade to the most recent state of Debian testing
since we made sure it had 2.6.38 before letting that version of
nouveau in.

> I suggest to make xserver-xorg-video-nouveau depend (indirectly) on
> kernel 2.6.38 to resolve this issue.

AFAICT, that's not possible, and even if it was, it wouldn't guarantee
you're running the needed kernel; and how do you support home-built
kernels?

KiBi.

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