Bug#1005804: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx: does not depend on xorg-video-abi-25

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2022-02-15 13:59:02 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2022-02-15 13:06:57 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> > If you force the installation of the driver with the new X server, can you
> > confirm that the driver works without complaining about an ABI mismatch?
> 
> I think I can try tomorrow on another machine where I can fall back to
> nouveau in case anything goes wrong.

In the mean time, some information I could find:

https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/xorg-server-21-1-released-any-eta-on-compatible-nvidia-drivers/193422/3

Someone said that for the 340xx driver: "After the Xorg upgrade, I had
to use the IgnoreABI hack, but then Prime stopped working for me."

340.* is not the version concerned here, but this shows that just
testing may not be reliable (e.g. some users may see some particular
issues), possibly unless this is an Xorg bug.

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/~/support-timeframes-for-unix-legacy-gpu-releases

"The Linux 390.* legacy driver series is the last to support GF1xx
("Fermi") GPUs. Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well
as fixes for critical bugs, will be included in 390.* legacy releases
through the end of 2022."

So there should be a new release, but NVIDIA hasn't reacted yet.

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