Public bug reported: both the 173 and 177 drivers for Nvidia that I'm offered when selecting to view proprietary drivers, refuse to install
ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1', which is also in package libvdpau1 Package: nvidia-glx-177 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-glx-177.list] ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-15-generic (bui...@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Oct 20 06:52:09 UTC 2009 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 Title: package nvidia-glx-177 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-glx-177.list] failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1', which is also in package libvdpau1 Uname: Linux 2.6.27-15-generic i686 xkbcomp: ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package -- Proprietary Nvidia drivers fail to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493247 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs