Bug#900248: nvidia-driver: update to 390.59 breaks direct rendering

[floris]

Andreas Beckmann schreef op 2018-06-25 17:38:
> On 2018-06-24 11:49, floris wrote:
>>> 
>>> What about the following 
>>> /etc/nvidia/current/nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf
>>> 
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> Section "Files"
>>>     ModulePath     "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux"
>>>     ModulePath     "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>>> EndSection
>>> 
>>> Section "OutputClass"
>>>     Identifier     "nvidia"
>>>     MatchDriver    "nvidia-drm"
>>>     Driver         "nvidia"
>>> EndSection
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> That seems to work for stable ... what about sid?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Andreas
>> 
>> Hmmm, this should work, but the NVidia glx module will always be 
>> loaded
>> for all screens by the xserver. This will break a multiseat system 
>> with
>> multiple gpu vendors and maybe other glvnd dispatch goodness.
>> 
>> Is the following situation a possibility?
> 
> We can consider such fancy setup for 396.xx and newer, since that will
> change a lot anyway. For 390.xx I want to have a version in sid that 
> can
> be uploaded with minimal changes to stretch once the next CVE arrives 
> ...
> 

I understand you ideally want one nvidia package for all Debian 
versions.

>> Stable -> nvidia-driver (up to version 390.xx in backports), 
>> compatible
>> with all versions of the xserver
>>  This version is shipped with a separate Files section in
>> nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf
>>  If xserver 1.20 is in backports, this version can be upgraded to 
>> match
>> the new Testing/Sid version
>> 
>> Testing and Sid -> nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver, xserver > 1.20
>>                 -> nvidia-driver (version > 396.xx), xserver > 1.20
>>  These versions will have the ModulePath option in the OutputClass
>> section. (and we can drop the glx-alternative system)
> 
> Nope, we have to keep glx-alternatives around as long as 340xx is still
> in the game.
> 

Sorry, I forgot 340xx doesn't support glvnd

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Floris