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

[Luca Boccassi]

On Sun, 2018-06-24 at 11:49 +0200, 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.

Tried this with nonglvnd + optimus + bumblebee and it works fine as far
as I can see

> Is the following situation a possibility?
> 
> 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)
> ---
> Floris

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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