Bug#976056: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver: Fails to build with kernel 5.9.11 (package linux-image-5.9.0-4-amd64)

[Del Fernandes]

It was quite disappointing to see (or not see) the GUI/WM stop working
after a causal system update (not upGrade).

I was able to get the system somewhat back to  normal by using the
NOUVEAU driver instead of NVIDIA. BTW, even that was kind of tricking
because the Nvidia driver blacklisted Nouveau at
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf which remained  even
after purging everything related to Nvidia via APT.

PS.: For some reason, the laptop no longer revived with Nouveau after
a suspend (closing the laptop's lid). That was "bypassed" in the
meantime by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and replacing all
"suspends" with "ignores".

Again, that was very disappointing !8-(. What happened with the golden
'Do no harm, don't break users' rule?!

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 1:33 PM Paolo Inaudi <p91paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> @jim_p Is it possible for you to avoid putting all system information
> and Xorg logs in every message?
> It makes the thread very difficult to follow on the online bug tracker.
>
> I too rolled back to linux-image-5.9.0-3-amd64 which works, hope it
> won't be my very last kernel version.
>
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