[mythtv-users] Warning: Do not install nvidia-304.132 package

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Sat Dec 3 16:34:16 UTC 2016


On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 10:29:49 -0600, you wrote:

>To find what package is available use
>> apt-cache search nvidia
>> To see what versions of a package are available use
>> apt-cache showpkg nvidia-304
>> When I run this on ubuntu 16.10 I only see one version listed:
>> 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
>> Ubuntu have removed all other versions from the repo.
>>
>
>Thank you for your reply.
>
>I get this:
>
>$ apt-cache showpkg nvidia-304
>Package: nvidia-304
>Versions:
>304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
>(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
>(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages)
>(/var/lib/dpkg/status)
>...
>
>Is there a way to go back to an earlier version that works?

Since you have an Nvidia GT430, it will work with the Nvidia 340
driver, which does not have this bug.  So if 12.04 has an Nvidia 340
driver, you could change to that.


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