Re: pkg/46144: current NV video driver fails: no devices detected

["Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46144; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46144: current NV video driver fails: no devices detected
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:56:34 -0500

 On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 07:45:02PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/46144; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/46144: current NV video driver fails: no devices detected
 > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:40:11 +0000
 > 
 >  On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +0000, Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost wrote:
 >   >  It's just getting annoying to be stuck in late 2008/early 2009
 >   > package wise because you cannot really upgrade anything without it
 >   > trying to upgrate the nvidia driver! :)
 >  
 >  The workaround for this is to revert the pkgsrc dir for the driver
 >  package (and if necessary for the X server and other X server drivers)
 >  so you can recompile the old versions.
 
 And then the x server's doesn't satisfy this other library that depends
 on the x server's library so in the end you cannot build that other
 library and as such cannot update, say, glib, and thus no updated
 apps here and there and ...
 
 I went down this route for some time, but it stopped working somewhen
 along the way. I might try again (hell, I don't have X on this box
 right now and I need X on this box so I'll do whatever... (yes, I 
 have backups of all the ancient packages because I did run into this
 before for multiple times)).
 
 -Martin