The 173.14.xx legacy driver for Jessie.

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2015-11-04 12:56, Rene Funck wrote:
> I have a new Jessie v.8.2.0 installation with a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 card and
> installed the 304.125 legacy driver. My system kernel log informs me that i
> should use the 173.14.xx version instead, but the related packet only seems
> to be available for Wheezy. Is it possible for you to compile it for Jessie
> or can i just install it without any risk of instability?

I'm sorry, but you'll have to use nouveau or vesa drivers unless you get
a newer GPU.
Nvidia has discontinued support for the 173.xx legacy driver (last
update Dec 2013) and therefore this driver has not been updated for the
newer X server in jessie. So porting the package to jessie (or newer
releases) cannot work and we have dropped it from Debian/non-free as well.
It's still functioning with the X server and kernel in wheezy.


Andreas