[arch-dev-public] xorg moved, nvidia legacy driver issues
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever. As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;) Have fun, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
Pierre tested this, and this also concerns the 173 series.
Am Samstag 31 Oktober 2009 schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
Pierre tested this, and this also concerns the 173 series.
Yes, both legacy drivers are affected, 173 and 96 series. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
On 31/10/2009, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever.
As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;) Why you didn't write an announcement for this?
-- Andrea `bash` Scarpino Arch Linux Developer
Am Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:27:52 +0100 schrieb Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>:
On 31/10/2009, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever.
As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;) Why you didn't write an announcement for this?
Because we didn't know this for sure. There wasn't any bug report left. And I'm totally against holding back anything because of closed stuff. -Andy
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:17:48 +0100 Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
Am Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:27:52 +0100 schrieb Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>:
On 31/10/2009, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever.
As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;) Why you didn't write an announcement for this?
Because we didn't know this for sure. There wasn't any bug report left. And I'm totally against holding back anything because of closed stuff.
-Andy
crap. i totally missed this mail. i suggest to put a newsitem about this on the frontpage. better late then never. Dieter
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:02:54 +0100, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be> wrote:
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:17:48 +0100 Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
Am Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:27:52 +0100 schrieb Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>:
On 31/10/2009, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever.
As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;)
Why you didn't write an announcement for this?
Because we didn't know this for sure. There wasn't any bug report left. And I'm totally against holding back anything because of closed stuff.
-Andy
crap. i totally missed this mail. i suggest to put a newsitem about this on the frontpage. better late then never.
Dieter
What about adding the legacy drivers to xorg-servers conflict array and remove them from the repo? -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
Am Sonntag 01 November 2009 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:02:54 +0100, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>
wrote:
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:17:48 +0100
Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
Am Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:27:52 +0100
schrieb Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>:
On 31/10/2009, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi guys, Since xorg has moved to extra repository, we will have broken nvidia legacy drivers:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139388&highlight=x.org
We will see how fast new fixed legacy drivers will be released, if ever.
As alternatives, you can use nouveau, nv or vesa drivers instead. Negative effect, you lose 3D functionality, but you gain a none tainted system ;)
Why you didn't write an announcement for this?
Because we didn't know this for sure. There wasn't any bug report left. And I'm totally against holding back anything because of closed stuff.
-Andy
crap. i totally missed this mail. i suggest to put a newsitem about this on the frontpage. better late then never.
Dieter
What about adding the legacy drivers to xorg-servers conflict array and remove them from the repo?
Shouldn't we gave them(nvidia) some time to fix this before removing it from the repo? Just a thought. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Dieter What about adding the legacy drivers to xorg-servers conflict array and remove them from the repo?
Shouldn't we gave them(nvidia) some time to fix this before removing it from the repo? Just a thought. greetings tpowa
We can always leave the PKGBUILDs in trunk and re-add the packages as soon as they release a fixed version.
On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:11:17 +0100, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Dieter What about adding the legacy drivers to xorg-servers conflict array and remove them from the repo?
Shouldn't we gave them(nvidia) some time to fix this before removing it from the repo? Just a thought. greetings tpowa
We can always leave the PKGBUILDs in trunk and re-add the packages as soon as they release a fixed version.
Idid not mean to wipe them completely from our svn. Just doing a db-remove and adding the correct conflicts to xorg-server should be enough. Keeping broken dirvers in the repos is more confusing. -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
participants (6)
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Andrea Scarpino
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Andreas Radke
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Dieter Plaetinck
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Pierre Schmitz
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Thomas Bächler
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Tobias Powalowski