Bug#787582: VDPAU needed

[Julien Aubin]

We'll also need to update glx-alternative-fglrx

2015-10-18 11:39 GMT+02:00 Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com>:

> OK found the workaround for now :
>
> Run :
> cd /tmp
> wget
> http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/g/glx-alternatives/glx-alternative-mesa_0.6.91_amd64.deb
> wget
> http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/g/glx-alternatives/glx-alternative-nvidia_0.6.91_amd64.deb
> wget
> http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/g/glx-alternatives/glx-diversions_0.6.91_amd64.deb
>
> sudo dpkg -i glx*.db
>
> It will end up with an error but this is actually not a problem.
>
> Then run :
> sudo aptitude -t experimental dist-upgrade
>
> So you need to upload to backports :
> glx-alternative-mesa
> glx-alternative-nvidia
> glx-diversions
>
> Rgds
>
>
>
> 2015-10-18 10:55 GMT+02:00 Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com>:
>
>> Tried to install glx-alternative-nvidia from unstable but it also
>> requires glx-diversiosn at the same version. Did not go any further.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-10-18 0:23 GMT+02:00 Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The problem is that until now you guaranteed that NVidia drivers could
>>> be installed for Maxwell GPU owners using your experimental repo, and now
>>> this is no longer the case.
>>>
>>> Cf. documentation :
>>> https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>>>
>>> I perfectly understand your point but this is a problem for anyone
>>> upgrading their GPU. So until the moment glx-alternative-nvidia is in
>>> backports repo could you please revert to 352.41 ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> 2015-10-18 0:17 GMT+02:00 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org>:
>>>
>>>> On 2015-10-17 23:48, Julien Aubin wrote:
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > I saw that you updated the NVidia driver, thanks for this. The
>>>> problem is
>>>> > that it cannot be installed on Jessie because of a conflict towards
>>>> > glx-alternatives-nvidia.
>>>> >
>>>> > Could you please upload the right versions to backports repo ?
>>>> >
>>>> > xserver-xorg-video-nvidia : Casse: glx-alternative-nvidia (< 0.6.91)
>>>> mais
>>>> > 0.5.1 est installé.
>>>>
>>>> If you take nvidia-driver from sid, take glx-alternatives* from there,
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> It may take some time before these get into backports, since we need to
>>>> sort out some bugs first ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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