Hello Michael, or anyone else affected, Accepted nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /nvidia-graphics-drivers-367/367.44-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1621780 Title: upgrade failure from older nvidia release Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The following error happens when upgrading the nvidia driver: """ > Preparing to unpack > .../nvidia-opencl-icd-361_367.44-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... > Failed to stop var-lib-snapd-lib-gl.mount: Unit > var-lib-snapd-lib-gl.mount not loaded. > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit > status 5 > dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... > dpkg: error processing archive > /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-opencl-icd-361_367.44-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.d\ eb > (--unpack): > there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up > Failed to get unit file state for var-lib-snapd-lib-gl.mount: No such > file or directory > var-lib-snapd-lib-gl.mount is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. > dpkg: regarding > .../nvidia-opencl-icd-367_367.44-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb containing > nvidia-opencl-icd-367: > nvidia-opencl-icd-367 conflicts with nvidia-opencl-icd > nvidia-opencl-icd-361 provides nvidia-opencl-icd and is present and > installed. """ in yakkety. I think what happend here is that we had a buggy version of nvidia in xenial-proposed (and maybe yakkety) for a brief time. This version contained the var-lib-snapd-lib-gl.mount - the new package does not have cleanup script for this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-361/+bug/1621780/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp