I also have the same problem. I used to compile my own kernels and the fetch the latest driver from the nvidia site. It often happened that nvidia lagged behind the latest kernel release, but a message usually produced an updated driver within a day or so.
Of course, we all hate the nvidia closed drivers, but I am not at all sure that the nouveau driver is yet fit for purpose. The only hint that things may be improving is that nvidia staff have recently started to make contributions to nouveau. It seems that we are being discouraged from "doing things the Debian way" if we all individually need to prod nvidia each time they lag behind the current kernel. However, I have just checked the nvidia site and *there is* a new version available released 11/3/2014: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/74013/en-uk which is marked as version 304.1210. So it seems that all that debian has to do is to update the package to, presumably, nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-304.121. Not that I have tested against 3.13-1. So perhaps nvidia is not to blame, at least not more than before? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org