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and subject line [pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#446106: nvidia-glx fails to install
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Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 100.14.19-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
I start by stating that I am not at all sure that this is a bug in
"nvidia-glx" - it might even be a bug in "apt". But I feel I have to
start here, to get some input to solve the problem. At any rate, the
package *does* fail to install.
I work on a newly created "sid" debian system, an Intel core 2 duo CPU
using i386 (not amd64) distribution.
I have successfully built and installed a kernel module package for
the correct version of nvidia, kernel and hardware:
ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.22-2-686 100.14.19-1 NVIDIA binary kernel
module for Linux 2.6.22-2-686
(Incidentally, this particular package has worked with nvidia-glx on
another Debian system. So I know it is OK.)
Then, when I attempt to install nvidia-glx I get this message:
pcndeb:~# apt-get install nvidia-glx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kdelibs4c2a: Depends: xbase-clients but it is not going to be installed
xserver-xorg-core: Depends: xserver-xorg but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
And now I am completely lost. What have these four packages to do
with nvidia-glx, and what is it that apt-get is trying to tell me?
Yes, nvidia-glx depends on xserver-xorg-core, but it *is* installed,
with proper version, and so are the other three packages mentioned:
ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.7.dfsg.1-7 core libraries and
binaries for all KDE applications
ii xbase-clients 1:7.3+2 miscellaneous X clients -
metapackage
ii x11-common 1:7.3+2 X Window System (X.Org)
infrastructure
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4-3 Xorg X server - core
server
The other packages on which nvidia-glx depends are also installed, with
proper versions:
ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous
extension library
I am no novice in using "apt-get" and solving dependency problems, but
this problem has stopped me cold. I have no clue as for how to
proceed.
best regards
Peder Chr. Nørgaard e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gefionsvej 19 spejder-e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DK-8230 Åbyhøj tel: +45 87 44 11 99
Denmark mob: +45 30 91 84 31
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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On Thursday 11 October 2007, Randall Donald wrote:
> > Sven, that was a really good piece of advice. aptitude indicated that
> > the problem was a conflict with package libgl1-mesa-swx11. I could not
> > remove that package without killing xorg&kde. But I could install
> > libgl1-mesa-glx - that removed libgl1-mesa-swx11 and a few other
> > libraries while evidently satisfying the necessary dependencies. After
> > that, installing nvidia-glx worked.
>
> So what you ran into is the Conflict libgl1-mesa-swx11 has with
> nvidia-glx? This certainly isn't a bug with nvidia-glx. If anything it
> is a issue with apt-get not resolving the dependencies correctly.
Yes, this is definitely a problem with apt-get, not with nvidia-glx. So I
close the bug now. I am still considering whether it is worth the effort to
raise it towards "apt"; "apt" has more than 800 outstanding bug reports, and
a signficant number of those are about dependency resolution.
Thank you for your answers. If nothing else comes out of it, this bug is now
on record and may help other users running into the same problem.
best regards
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Peder Chr. Nørgaard e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gefionsvej 19 spejder-e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DK-8230 Åbyhøj tel: +45 87 44 11 99
Denmark mob: +45 30 91 84 31
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