Bug#840342: [ace-of-penguins] Freecell No Longer Runs, Nvidia Legacy-304xx video driver

[Luca Boccassi]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 23:01:27 +0300 David Baron <dbaron770 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On ×™×•×  ×©× ×™, 10 ×‘× ×•×§×˜×•×‘×¨ 2016 21:54:58 IDT Markus Koschany wrote:
> > On 10.10.2016 21:28, David Baron wrote:
> > > On ×™×•×  ×©× ×™, 10 ×‘× ×•×§×˜×•×‘×¨ 2016 20:42:25 IDT Markus Koschany wrote:
> > >> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> > >>
> > >> On 10.10.2016 20:34, David Baron wrote:
> > >>> Package: ace-of-penguins
> > >>> Version: 1.5~rc2-1+b1
> > >>> Severity: normal
> > >>>
> > >>> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> > >>> After upgrade of the Nvidia Legacy 304xx driver (contrib), Freecell no
> > >>> longer runs:
> > >>> ~$ ace-freecell
> > >>> X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> > >>>
> > >>>   Major opcode of failed request:  73 (X_GetImage)
> > >>>   Serial number of failed request:  25
> > >>>   Current serial number in output stream:  25
> > >>
> > >> [...]
> > >>
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> what makes you think that this is a bug in ace-of-penguins? Did you try
> > >> to downgrade your Nvidia drivers? What was the outcome? Are you able to
> > >> play the game with the free xserver-xorg-video-nouveau drivers?
> > >>
> > >> Markus
> > >
> > > Program did run using nouveau but nouveau and KDE/Plasma desktop do not
> > > mix. So have not played it using nouveau in recent memory.
> > > It is no longer possible to downgrade to the testing version of the
> > > nvidia.
> > >
> > > If other programs fail with the same error, then the point is well made.
> > > If this is unique here, then something in the ace "backend" might be
> > > examined.
> > The error message indicates a bug or incompatibility between your X
> > environment / X server and the proprietary Nvidia driver. This is a low
> > level error and not related to ace-of-penguins which only requires a 2D
> > capable graphics card. Everything from the past 20 years should work.
> >
> > If the game works with nouveau it is most likely a bug in the non-free
> > driver. Since the source code is closed it is not possible for Debian to
> > work on a fix. The game works flawlessly on my system by the way.
> >
> > Please note that you can download an earlier version of the Nvidia
> > driver from snapshots.debian.org.
> >
> > I am inclined to reassign this issue to
> > xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx. Please confirm this is the
> > package you are currently using.
> >
> > I am sure the maintainers of xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx
> > would be interested in your /var/log/Xorg.* log file because it provides
> > a more detailed error report. Please attach this file to the bug report.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
> Sounds like the way to go!
> Log file is attached.

Hi,

We'd need a bit more information, could you please rerun reportbug to
attach the full report:

reportbug -N 840342 nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi