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

[Thomas Mashos]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 7:01 AM Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Anthony,
>
> Monday, November 28, 2016, 7:03:14 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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
>
> Or at least make that previous release available again!!! So people
> CAN rollback.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
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The previous release was available, that's how he was able to install it...
The uninstall first should be unnecessary.
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