Bug#767678: system upgrade

[Vincent Cheng]

Hi Karsten,

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Karsten Malcher
<debian at home.decotrain.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when i only upgrade all packages without the kernel package X still works.
>
> So linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 3.2.57-3+deb7u2 is the last one to get a
> running X with the NVidia driver.
> Anyhow for a GF108 [GeForce GT 430].
>
> Why?

Because you're attempting to use a backported kernel, and it's a known
bug that linux >= 3.13 (i.e. wheezy-backports) doesn't work with the
nvidia packages in wheezy/wheezy-backports (see #754108, #749703).
It's worth pointing out that backports are not officially supported
and that you should instead be using packages only from stable if you
want a well-tested, stable system.

Andreas, would it be ok to upload nvidia-graphics-drivers/340.46-3 to
backports, or are you intending to wait until 340.46-4 migrates first?
(I don't see a 340 branch for wheezy-backports in svn, so I don't know
what your plans are for backports.)

Regards,
Vincent