Bug#846502: nvidia-driver: could not install nvidia-driver under sid because of dependence broken

[liang yan]

My fault, it works well again with experimental version.

I used wrong repo address at the first time. Right one should be:

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main non-free



On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:16:34 -0700 liang yan wrote:
> Hello, Luca,
>
> Thanks for replying, but it could not be installed under experimental.
>
> Looks xserver-xorg-core is in a newer version. I tried install a lower
> version xserver-xorg-core to install nvidia-driver, it could finish
> installment, but then freeze on the login window, no response to any
input.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Liang
>
>
>
> On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:03:43 +0000 Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Control: reassign -1 nvidia-graphics-drivers
> >
> > On Thu, 2016-12-01 at 10:21 -0700, Liang Yan wrote:
> > > Package: nvidia-driver
> > > Version: 367
> > > Severity: critical
> > > Justification: breaks unrelated software
> > >
> > > Dear Maintainer,
> > >
> > >
> > > When I upgraded my sid system, I found could not install
> nvidia-driver 367 any more, becuase of nvidia-setting or
> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia.
> > >
> > > I think Upload new version nvidia-setting could fix this problem.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Liang
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Install the drivers from experimental until 845638 is sorted:
> >
> > apt-get install -t experimental nvidia-driver
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Luca Boccassi
>

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