Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread Gregory Sharp
On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:10:38 +0100 floris wrote: > Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? > > > > 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me? > > From bug 903770 [1]: > > ... the nvid

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread floris
Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: I am currently running stretch with the nvidia display driver. The nvidia-driver package is not installed. Instead, the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and other packages needed for the display driver and CUDA are installed. While attempting an upgrade t

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:01:26 -0500 Gregory Sharp wrote: Hello Gregory, >1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? Doesn't want to remove xorg here. As nvidia-driver is a metapackage, it's not entirely necessary to install it in any case. -- Regards _ / )

Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-08 Thread Gregory Sharp
I am currently running stretch with the nvidia display driver. The nvidia-driver package is not installed. Instead, the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and other packages needed for the display driver and CUDA are installed. While attempting an upgrade to CUDA 9 in backport, I learned that install