Bug#883637: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-340xx: No alternative/symlink created for nvidia_drv.so

[Jayen Ashar]

Thanks Andreas.

I had tried `sudo update-alternatives --config nvidia_drv.so` but that didn't have any alternatives.  I didn't know about `update-glx`.

I just upgraded from debian 8 jessie.  I forgot to mention that when I opened this report.

I have tried to uninstall or downgrade the `nvidia-alternative` package.  I would like to keep the `nvidia-kernel-3.16.0-4-amd64` package I have installed, but I/aptitude can't find a set of packages that doesn't create a conflict.

I have now run the `update-glx` command you suggested, but it doesn't appear to have affected `/usr/lib/xorg/modules`.

Thanks,
Jayen

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On Wed, 6/12/17, Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Bug#883637: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-340xx: No alternative/symlink created for nvidia_drv.so
 To: "Jayen Ashar" <j__n at yahoo.com>, 883637 at bugs.debian.org
 Received: Wednesday, 6 December, 2017, 12:19 PM
 
 On 2017-12-06 01:43, Jayen Ashar wrote:
 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 
      23 Dec  4 09:10 /etc/alternatives/nvidia
 -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current
 
 You have both the current and the 340xx
 legacy driver installed. The
 alternatives by default select the
 newer driver.
 
 You can either uninstall the current
 driver or reconfigure the nvidia
 alternative this with
 
   update-glx --config nvidia
 
 and select the legacy driver there.
 
 
 Andreas