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

[Anthony Giggins]

On 28 November 2016 at 13:00, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:

> 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
> _______________________________________________
>
> Yes this is an upstream nvidia issue but as per one of the suggestions the
packagers should have, created a fake version that rolls back to the
previous release, although this probably would break any automated build
scripts.

Cheers,

Anthony
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