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

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:32:53 -0700, you wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>
>> Its an Nvidia bug, not Ubuntu - there have already been several
>> threads on the list about it.  If your Nvidia chip is recent enough,
>> you can change to using the Nvidia 340 drivers which are still fine.
>> The 304.132 drivers only work properly when run from root.
>>
>> Correct, but also potentially wrong; this is a bit of a chimera.
>
>While a vast majority of bugs are the result of Upstream code having
>problems, "long term stable" releases should, in a portion of the
>population's opinion, be held to a higher standard of testing before
>release to the masses.
>
>Granted, Nvidia code isn't quite as server-critical as a working Kernel, or
>PHP with all the security patches and none of the feature bloat...
>(a specific consideration 'stable' releases take, ABI does not change and
>featureset is identical - one which I, and people like Charles Cazabon of
>'getmail' notoriety, particularly take issue to, because if a feature
>addition fixes a long standing bug and at the same time uses more secure
>coding practices, is it really a bugfix, a security patch, or a feature
>addition?)
>
>That all said, while the MythTV population has now tested, reported bugs
>with, and (hopefully) contributed the same bugs to Ubuntu, Ubuntu's own
>testers could have a more structured methodology to verify VDPAU
>acceleration as part of a release procedure.  I don't own an Nvidia card so
>I cannot propose such a methodology, but this is a potential.
>
>If nobody yet has filed a bug on Ubuntu's tracker, now'd be a good time for
>one of those who have tested to do such.  As a community effort, discussion
>and support is great, but the buck has to be passed up the foodchain until
>someone in charge of packaging can fix it somehow.
>
>Mike

I filed a bug as soon as it happened to me, from the crash reporter,
but it looks like nothing is being done at the Ubuntu end of things -
people just seem to be waiting for Nvidia to release a fixed version.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1639215