Bug#649902: nvidia-glx: After upgrading nvidia-glx to 290.10 I can't launch X or Xfce.

[Guillaume Seren]

Package: nvidia-glx

Version: 195.36.31-6
Severity: important

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-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux 11d 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-39) (dannf at debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011

/proc/driver/nvidia/version: 
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  195.36.31  Thu Jun  3 08:19:50 PDT 2010
GCC version:  gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) 

lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT215 [GeForce GTS 360M] [10de:0cb1] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff50]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at cc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at cd000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (980, 'stable-updates'), (980, 'testing'), (970, 'stable'), (90, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                                                1.16.1.1               
ii  libc6                                               2.13-21                
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx [libgl1-nvidia-glx]               195.36.31-6            
ii  libglx-nvidia-alternatives                          195.36.31-6            
ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64 [nvidia-kernel-195.36  195.36.31+2+4+2.6.32-24
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xorg-video-abi-6.0]              2:1.7.7-13             

Versions of packages nvidia-glx recommends:
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver  290.10-1

Versions of packages nvidia-glx suggests:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-dkms]  290.10-1
ii  nvidia-settings                          290.10-1

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                      2.2.0.2-1 
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup  20111111+1
ii  nvidia-kernel-common      20111111+1

nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-glx is related to:
ii  binutils                                          2.22-1     
ii  binutils-gold                                     <none>     
ii  linux-headers-2.6.38-2-amd64 [linux-headers-2.6]  2.6.38-5   
ii  linux-headers-2.6.39-2-amd64 [linux-headers-2.6]  2.6.39-2   
ii  nvidia-glx [nvidia-glx]                           195.36.31-6
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                              20111111+1 
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-dkms]           290.10-1   
ii  nvidia-kernel-source                              <none>     
ii  xserver-xorg                                      1:7.5+8    
ii  xserver-xorg-core                                 2:1.7.7-13 

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