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FS#25878 - [xorg-server] incompatible with nvidia 280.13-1

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Phil Reinhold (tmvphil) - Saturday, 03 September 2011, 15:49 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 05 September 2011, 18:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
xorg 1.11 fails to start with nvidia 280.13-1

[ 2547.753] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 2547.753] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 2547.754] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 2547.754] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2547.754] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 2547.754] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[ 2547.754] This server has a video driver ABI version of 11.0 that this
driver does not officially support. Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[ 2547.754] =================================================================
[ 2547.755] (EE) NVIDIA: Use the -ignoreABI option to override this check.
[ 2547.755] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 2547.755] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 2547.755] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
[ 2547.755] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 2547.755]
Fatal server error:
[ 2547.755] no screens found
[ 2547.755]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 2547.756] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 2547.756]


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
Install nvidia 208.13-1 from [extra] (I'm using a 9800M GTS if it matters), install xorg-server and xorg-server-common 1.11.0-1 from [testing]. Run startx.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 05 September 2011, 18:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  This is expected.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 03 September 2011, 16:11 GMT Comment by Ike Devolder (BlackEagle) - Saturday, 03 September 2011, 18:51 GMT
and the answer was already given in the xorg log

(EE) NVIDIA: Use the *-ignoreABI* option to override this check.

more detailed:

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "ignoreABI" "True"
EndSection

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