Bug#840342: [ace-of-penguins] Freecell No Longer Runs, Nvidia Legacy-304xx video driver

[David Baron]

On יום שני, 10 באוקטובר 2016 21:54:58 IDT Markus Koschany wrote:
> On 10.10.2016 21:28, David Baron wrote:
> > On יום שני, 10 באוקטובר 2016 20:42:25 IDT Markus Koschany wrote:
> >> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> >> 
> >> On 10.10.2016 20:34, David Baron wrote:
> >>> Package: ace-of-penguins
> >>> Version: 1.5~rc2-1+b1
> >>> Severity: normal
> >>> 
> >>> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> >>> After upgrade of the Nvidia Legacy 304xx driver (contrib), Freecell no
> >>> longer runs:
> >>> ~$ ace-freecell
> >>> X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> >>> 
> >>>   Major opcode of failed request:  73 (X_GetImage)
> >>>   Serial number of failed request:  25
> >>>   Current serial number in output stream:  25
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> what makes you think that this is a bug in ace-of-penguins? Did you try
> >> to downgrade your Nvidia drivers? What was the outcome? Are you able to
> >> play the game with the free xserver-xorg-video-nouveau drivers?
> >> 
> >> Markus
> > 
> > Program did run using nouveau but nouveau and KDE/Plasma desktop do not
> > mix. So have not played it using nouveau in recent memory.
> > It is no longer possible to downgrade to the testing version of the
> > nvidia.
> > 
> > If other programs fail with the same error, then the point is well made.
> > If this is unique here, then something in the ace "backend" might be
> > examined.
> The error message indicates a bug or incompatibility between your X
> environment / X server and the proprietary Nvidia driver. This is a low
> level error and not related to ace-of-penguins which only requires a 2D
> capable graphics card. Everything from the past 20 years should work.
> 
> If the game works with nouveau it is most likely a bug in the non-free
> driver. Since the source code is closed it is not possible for Debian to
> work on a fix. The game works flawlessly on my system by the way.
> 
> Please note that you can download an earlier version of the Nvidia
> driver from snapshots.debian.org.
> 
> I am inclined to reassign this issue to
> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx. Please confirm this is the
> package you are currently using.
> 
> I am sure the maintainers of xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx
> would be interested in your /var/log/Xorg.* log file because it provides
> a more detailed error report. Please attach this file to the bug report.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Markus

Sounds like the way to go!
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