Bug#880704: bumblebee-nvidia: Upgrading mesa and nvidia drivers with bumblebee-nvidia installed breaks the desktop

[Luca Boccassi]

On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 19:41 -0500, JWM wrote:
> Package: bumblebee-nvidia
> Version: 3.2.1-16
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> My system is a Thinkpad T440p, with both an Intel and an NVIDIA
> Optimus cards.
> On Wednesday, upgrading both the Mesa libraries and the NVIDIA driver
> broke the
> desktop ---i.e., after reboot, the GDM target never showed up due to
> a Clutter
> error.
> 
> Synaptic's history shows the following as installed/upgraded/removed
> on that
> day:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Commit Log for Wed Nov  1 08:23:33 2017
> 
> 
> Removed the following packages:
> libegl1-glvnd-nvidia
> libegl1-mesa-dev
> libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
> libgtk-3-dev
> primus
> primus-libs-ia32:i386
> primus-libs:i386
> 
> Upgraded the following packages:
> debconf (1.5.63) to 1.5.64
> debconf-i18n (1.5.63) to 1.5.64
> eog-plugin-map (3.25.92-1) to 3.26.1-1
> epiphany-browser (3.24.3-1) to 3.26.1-1
> epiphany-browser-data (3.24.3-1) to 3.26.1-1
> giada (0.14.1~dfsg1-1) to 0.14.3~dfsg1-1
> gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 (2.16.6-1) to 2.18.1-1
> gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 (2.16.6-1) to 2.18.1-1
> gnome-maps (3.25.91-1) to 3.26.1-1
> gnome-session (3.24.1-2) to 3.26.1-1
> gnome-session-bin (3.24.1-2) to 3.26.1-1
> gnome-session-common (3.24.1-2) to 3.26.1-1
> gnome-software (3.22.5-1) to 3.26.1-2
> gnome-software-common (3.22.5-1) to 3.26.1-2
> gnome-software-plugin-flatpak (3.22.5-1) to 3.26.1-2
> gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (1.12.2-1+b1) to 1.12.3-2
> libegl-nvidia0 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libegl1-mesa (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgbm1 (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgl1-mesa-dri (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgl1-mesa-glx (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libglapi-mesa (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libglapi-mesa:i386 (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgles-nvidia1 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgles-nvidia2 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgles1-glvnd-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgles1-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgles2-glvnd-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgles2-mesa (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libgles2-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libglx-nvidia0 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libglx0-glvnd-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (1.12.2-1+b1) to 1.12.3-2
> libharfbuzz-dev (1.5.1-1) to 1.6.2-1
> libharfbuzz-gobject0 (1.5.1-1) to 1.6.2-1
> libharfbuzz-icu0 (1.5.1-1) to 1.6.2-1
> libharfbuzz0b (1.5.1-1) to 1.6.2-1
> libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 (2.16.6-1) to 2.18.1-1
> libnetcdf-c++4 (4.2-7) to 4.2-7+b1
> libnvidia-cfg1 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libnvidia-eglcore (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libnvidia-glcore (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libnvidia-ml1 (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> libosmesa6 (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libwayland-egl1-mesa (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (2.16.6-1) to 2.18.1-1
> libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2 (2.16.6-1) to 2.18.1-1
> libxatracker2 (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> mesa-vdpau-drivers (13.0.6-1+b2) to 17.2.3-1
> netcdf-bin (1:4.4.1.1-2) to 1:4.5.0-1
> nvidia-alternative (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-driver (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-driver-bin (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-driver-libs (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-egl-icd (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-kernel-support (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-smi (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-vdpau-driver (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> nvidia-vulkan-icd (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> primus-libs (0~20150328-4) to 0~20150328-5
> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (375.82-5) to 375.82-7
> xwayland (2:1.19.3-2) to 2:1.19.5-1
> 
> Installed the following packages:
> gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 (1.6.2-1)
> libegl1 (0.2.999+git20170802-5)
> libfwupd2 (1.0.0-4)
> libglvnd-core-dev (0.2.999+git20170802-5)
> libglvnd0:i386 (0.2.999+git20170802-5)
> libglx-mesa0 (17.2.3-1)
> libglx-mesa0:i386 (17.2.3-1)
> libllvm5.0 (1:5.0~+rc2-1)
> libllvm5.0:i386 (1:5.0~+rc2-1)
> libnetcdf13 (1:4.5.0-1)
> librtmidi4 (3.0.0~ds1-2)
> libxcb-xfixes0:i386 (1.12-1)
> python3-debconf (1.5.64)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> In order to solved the issue, I uninstalled all the NVIDIA-related
> packages,
> reinstalled GDM and blacklisted nouveau.
> 
> After that, I tried installing bumblebee-nvidia again, which
> effectively broke
> the system once again.
> 
> So it seems the bumblebee-nvidia package is not compatible with the
> newest mesa
> and NVIDIA drivers.

With nvidia-driver 375.82-8 it should all be installable again, please
re-try when you have time. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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