nvidia-glx-173 removes X

[David Curtis]

On Tue, 12 May 2009 06:31:24 +0300
"Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby" <mihamina at lab.vectoris.fr> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Have a look at this:
> 
> # apt-get install nvidia-glx-173
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all 
> xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse
>    xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom 
> xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
>    xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips 
> xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128
>    xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 
> xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv
>    xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
>    xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage 
> xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
>    xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 
> xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l
>    xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware 
> xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xubuntu-desktop
> 
> Why?
> If I install the drivers it's because I need X...
> I'm runnging Jaunty
> 


With an up-to-date Jaunty system already using 180...


dave at compy:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get -s install nvidia-glx-173
[sudo] password for dave: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  nvidia-173-kernel-source
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-180-kernel-source nvidia-glx-180
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-173-kernel-source nvidia-glx-173
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Remv nvidia-glx-180 [180.44-0ubuntu1]
Remv nvidia-180-kernel-source [180.44-0ubuntu1]
Inst nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst nvidia-glx-173 (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf nvidia-glx-173 (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)

With an up-to-date Jaunty system that's not using a Nvidia driver...

dave at toshy:~$ sudo apt-get -s install nvidia-glx-173
[sudo] password for dave: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dkms linux-headers-2.6.28-11 linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic
  linux-headers-generic nvidia-173-kernel-source nvidia-settings python-xkit
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms linux-headers-2.6.28-11 linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic
  linux-headers-generic nvidia-173-kernel-source nvidia-glx-173
  nvidia-settings python-xkit
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst linux-headers-2.6.28-11 (2.6.28-11.42 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic (2.6.28-11.42 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst linux-headers-generic (2.6.28.11.15 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst dkms (2.0.21.1-0ubuntu3 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst python-xkit (0.4.2 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst nvidia-glx-173 (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Inst nvidia-settings (180.25-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf linux-headers-2.6.28-11 (2.6.28-11.42 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic (2.6.28-11.42 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf linux-headers-generic (2.6.28.11.15 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf dkms (2.0.21.1-0ubuntu3 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf python-xkit (0.4.2 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf nvidia-glx-173 (173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)
Conf nvidia-settings (180.25-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:9.04/jaunty)


I'm guessing you've messed with either the sources.list or you've introduced dependencies from installing your own or other distro's .debs. Perhaps a 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade' first?  Then if it still wants to remove xorg , a search through /var/log/apt/term.log and its' archives to look for what went wrong.

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David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>