Re: mesa update broke GL on nvidia nv34

Hi Ed,

On Mon, 2024-10-21 at 13:41:20 +0100, Ed Robbins wrote:
> Hi,
> One of my machines is a powerbook 12" with nvidia nv34 chipset. Last
> week there was an update to mesa packages and since then opengl has
> stopped working. glxinfo reports "Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
> or fbconfig", other GL applications have similar issues.
> 
> I believe the breaking upgrade was this one from 2024-10-17:
> Upgrade: libglx-mesa0:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1), libgbm1:powerpc
> (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1), mesa-va-drivers:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1),
> libgl1-mesa-dri:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1),
> mesa-vulkan-drivers:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1),
> libglapi-mesa:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1), libegl-mesa0:powerpc
> (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1), mesa-vdpau-drivers:powerpc (24.1.6-1, 24.2.4-1)
> 
> I suspect I know the answer to this, but I'm going to ask just in
> case: Are old .deb packages kept around online anywhere, or will I
> need to rebuild the old versions to test which one broke the install
> so I can report upstream? I've checked my apt cache and I don't have
> the original packages, presumably because they were installed during
> my initial installation.

there's help just around the corner:

http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20240930T191757Z/pool-powerpc/main/m/mesa/

(any available timestamp before the version change would do I guess)

Best,
 Steffen