[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problems after updating to latest Hipster - /var/log/Xorg0.log

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 07.03.21 um 19:06 schrieb Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss:
>> I tried twice with the kernal debugger and the system just froze instead
>> of rebooting, so after 10 minutes I had to power cycle my computer.
> This means that something is seriously wrong and people should avoid
> upgrading right now.
> A/S/
>
>
No, that's definitely the wrong conclusion, because
- he is the only one seeing this problem at the moment
- and it is most likely a selfmade problem because he installed a
graphics card driver that is not officially distributed by OI

How can we prevent from these kind of problems in the future?
He has installed a driver that is provided by NVIDIA for Solaris. It was
necessary because our official driver (from the same NVIDIA source)
is old and not suitable for modern NVIDIA graphics cards. Alas we don't
have a newer one. And that is mostly because we have too few
people involved in testing and maintaining packages. The majority
prefers to fiddle themselves or wait that somebody else will do what
they need.
We have at least one PR with a newer driver that nobody seem to care to
test. It is derived from older PR's that have been discussed and
stalled for quite some time. So, the provided alternative driver is also
already outdated. But that could be the base for more NVIDIA drivers
in the future if it will be tested and merged. But if nobody cares
enough to do that (or even work on a more sophisticated one) then the
situation won't change.