Did not succede in downgrading (using synaptic, force version). Same problem as downgrading to testing. Broken packages.
> Control: tag -1 + help > > ¡Hola NVIDIA Maintainers! > > It seems that the new plasma version has some kind of incompatibility with > the nvidia-legacy-304xx packages in sid. The following mail reports that > using the nvidia packages from backports works as expected. > > In the kde team we are not using nvidia cards, so we can't reproduce/test > this. And frankly, this might be way out of our league. :( Thus the request > for help. > > Is this issue known to you? > Should this bug be reassigned to the nvidia packages? > Can you reproduce it? If so, can you point us to what the problem might be? > > Happy hacking, > > El 2016-10-19 a las 23:33 -0700, Jimmy Johnson escribió: > > On 10/12/2016 12:10 PM, David Baron wrote: > >> Running must recent kwin, etc., with Sid nvidia-legacy-304xx driver. > >> > >> Window decorations slow or do not show on non-KDE windows. If they do not > >> show, one can pretend they are there and do everything. > >> > >> Effects all compositing options. > >> > >> Where to file bug? > >> Quick fix? > > > > Quick fix, force install all your 'nvidia' and 'glx' installed > > packages back to 'Jessie-backports' and then 'lock-them' works, maybe > > 20-24 packages that you will be locking, varies a little with my > > installs, some I had not upgraded and I only had to lock the packages. > > I used synaptic while in xfce4 and all your kde apps work from xfce4 > > too as a side note. Note no problem with upgrades and those files > > being locked, at this time anyways. hehe > > > > There's a lot noise out there about fix's, I found nothing works for > > me. I came up with this fix and it works. While gtk works with the > > upgrade, plasma don't, it's a problem with plasma, you can't blame > > nvidia and say they are not doing their part, this is a problem debian > > plasma, I'm sure they are working on it. Seems to affect only > > 'legacy-304' and could be a simple code error. > > > > With the Debian-nvidia driver: Plasma is unable to start as it could > > not correctly use OpenGL2. Note dialog is working, sound is working, > > no plasma. > > > > With the Debian-free driver, computer freeze with colorful squiggly > > lines and I have to push the power button and repair the file system. > > > > David, do you have a better fix than down-grading the packages? And I > > may not need to down grade as many packages as I do, but it works.
