Package: nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx
Version: 96.43.23-3
Severity: important
At the first place, to get the bug, you need to have set:
APT::Install-Recommends true;
in your apt configuration (I have it in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99synaptic).
It is set by Synaptic package in my case, which is not instlaled by default if
I remember correctly (default Debian installation from CD), so most people may
not have this bug in their system until they install Synaptic.
More, I am not even sure, if default Synaptic installation sets this config
option for apt, it may be set, by me manually (not by editing
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99synaptic, but in Synaptic Options in GUI).
What is the possible problem?
After apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx (with recommended) you get this in
console (Polish language version):
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root@XXX:/home/YYY apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx
Czytanie list pakietów... Gotowe
Budowanie drzewa zależności
Odczyt informacji o stanie... Gotowe
Zostaną zainstalowane następujące dodatkowe pakiety:
dkms glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions
libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
libgl1-nvidia-legacy-173xx-glx libgl1-nvidia-legacy-96xx-glx
libglx-nvidia-alternatives
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common
linux-headers-686-pae
linux-kbuild-3.2 nvidia-alternative-legacy-173xx
nvidia-alternative-legacy-96xx
nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms
nvidia-settings-legacy-173xx nvidia-support pkg-config
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-173xx xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-96xx
Sugerowane pakiety:
nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source
Zostaną zainstalowane następujące NOWE pakiety:
dkms glx-alternative-mesa glx-alternative-nvidia glx-diversions
libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
libgl1-nvidia-legacy-173xx-glx libgl1-nvidia-legacy-96xx-glx
libglx-nvidia-alternatives
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common
linux-headers-686-pae
linux-kbuild-3.2 nvidia-alternative-legacy-173xx
nvidia-alternative-legacy-96xx
nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx nvidia-installer-cleanup nvidia-kernel-common
nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms nvidia-settings-legacy-173xx nvidia-support
pkg-config
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-173xx xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-96xx
0 aktualizowanych, 23 nowo instalowanych, 0 usuwanych i 0 nieaktualizowanych.
Konieczne pobranie 9197 kB/16,3 MB archiwów.
Po tej operacji zostanie dodatkowo użyte 95,0 MB miejsca na dysku.
Kontynuować [T/n]?
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What you see, is a lot of packages, which is not wrong by itself, but we have
some 173xx versions here, and we are installing 96xx version! So the question
is, are these packages really needed (libgl1-nvidia-legacy-173xx-glx and
nvidia-alternative-legacy-173xx)? Shouldn't there be 96xx equivalent of them
created?
OK so what is the problem?
After insallation, Xorg.conf reconfiguration for nvidia driver and reboot,
Xorg fails to start. I have found that the problem is here:
update-alternatives --config nvidia
Wybór Ścieżka Priorytet Status
* 0/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-173xx 173 tryb auto
1/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-173xx 173 tryb ręczny
2/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-96xx96tryb ręczny
As you see we have auto mode which selects /usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-173xx as it
is having higer priority (173), but we need to have it set to
/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-96xx. Simply by manually forcing this alternative
configuration to position 2:
Wybór Ścieżka Priorytet Status
0/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-173xx 173 tryb auto
1/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-173xx 173 tryb ręczny
* 2/usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-96xx96tryb ręczny
problem disappears, and Xorg is working properly.
So you need to check where the bug really is:
1. are these, wrong recommended 173xx version packages, that are not suitable
for 96xx nvidia
2. or recommended packages are OK, and the problem is only with wrong
alternatives configuration set by one of them
At the end, I will say, the problem is introduced in 96.43.23-3 version of
nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx. Earlier version worked OK for me.
-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux debest.dodus.orge.pl 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 i686 GNU/Linux
/proc/version:
Linux version 3.2.0-4-686-pae (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version
4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2
/proc/driver/nvidia/version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 96.43.23 Fri Aug 31 14:52:31 PDT
2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14)
lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA
