uploading 430.xx to sid

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 31/08/2019 13.48, Patrice Duroux wrote:
> So bye bye the support of the NVIDIA Optimus video card on my system! ;-)
> 
> Then I tried to switch back to nvidia-legacy-390xx, but when the module is loaded log said:
> 
> [   10.598959] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> [   10.599041] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
> [   10.599062] NVRM: The NVIDIA GPU 0000:01:00.0
>                NVRM: (PCI ID: 10de:12b9) installed in this system has
>                NVRM: fallen off the bus and is not responding to commands.
> [   10.599093] nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -1
> [   10.599119] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
> [   10.599119] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!
> [   10.659472] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core, major device number 241

Are all 430.xx package versions removed from the system?

> Here is also the result of nvidia-legacy-check:
> 
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> The following additional packages will be installed:
>   nvidia-installer-cleanup
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-legacy-check
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 208 kB/227 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 293 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
> Get:1 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free amd64 nvidia-legacy-check amd64 430.40-2 [208 kB]
> Fetched 208 kB in 1s (227 kB/s)          
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-installer-cleanup.
> (Reading database ... 284114 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-installer-cleanup_20151021+9_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking nvidia-installer-cleanup (20151021+9) ...
> Setting up nvidia-installer-cleanup (20151021+9) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-legacy-check.
> (Reading database ... 284122 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-legacy-check_430.40-2_amd64.deb ...
> *** The following unsupported devices are present in the machine:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208GLM [Quadro K610M] [10de:12b9] (rev ff)
> Unpacking nvidia-legacy-check (430.40-2) ...
> Setting up nvidia-legacy-check (430.40-2) ...
> 
> 
> Everything was working with previous versions up to 418.88

430.xx *might* still work (at least for certain cards with mobile Kepler
chipsets according to several reports online), but nobody will fix bugs
if it doesn't, nor is it guranteed to continue working in the next
upstream release.

Andreas