Bug#1005804: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx: does not depend on xorg-video-abi-25

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2022-02-15 13:06:57 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 15/02/2022 12.15, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx
> > Version: 390.147-1+b1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> > 
> > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz
> > says:
> > 
> > nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx (390.147-1+b1) sid; urgency=low, binary-only=yes
> 
> Since the driver is a binary compiled by NVIDIA, we can't add support for
> newer X server by just recompiling it ... there is a harcoded list of
> supported xorg-video-abi-XX alternatives.
> 
> If you force the installation of the driver with the new X server, can you
> confirm that the driver works without complaining about an ABI mismatch?

I think I can try tomorrow on another machine where I can fall back to
nouveau in case anything goes wrong.

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