removing nvidia packages
Recently I put a new (ATI Radeon 9200) in my computer. I also installed the binary ati utilities(non-debian.) Before doing that I did a removal of the debian nvidia packages, but apparently failed to remove nvidia-glx. My XFRee log tells me that it can not load the glx module. I did a dpkg --list and found that I have forgotten to remove a (no longer used) nvidia-kernel and the nvidia-glx package. Attempts to remove it result in:
Removing nvidia-glx ...
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1' with
different file `/usr/share/nvidia-glx/diversions-X11R6/libGL.so.1', not allowed
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-glx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm at a loss about how to proceed further. The only solution I can think of is to remove X entirely, and then to reinstall. but
that will result in eliminating a large number of packages whic depend in X, and my connection is extremely slow. Any help would
be greatly appreciated. TIA,
Roberto.
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Roberto Magana, Escuela de Fisica Universidad
de Costa Rica.
"No more miracles, loaves and fishes; been so
busy with the washing of the dishes" P. Gabriel.
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