Re: Problem removing nvidia-glx
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 06:40:16PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
> ==========
> Removing nvidia-glx ...
> rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/libGL.so': No such file or directory
> dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2' with
> different file `/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa', not allowed
> dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--purge):
> 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)
> ==========
>
> This is preventing every other function, stopping updating and such.
>
> I have the idea that I could _delete_ the file "/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2"
> and run the remove, but I don't know what problems that might cause.
You could rename it, and try again. I have nvidia installed on Lenny
using "module assistant"…
fischer:~# ls -al /usr/lib/libGL*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2009-01-09 16:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 ->
libGL.so.173.14.09
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 845024 2008-09-02 06:09
/usr/lib/libGL.so.173.14.09
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-12-29 21:56 /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 ->
libGLU.so.1.3.070004
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546088 2008-12-14 15:29
/usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.070004
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2009-01-09 16:34 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1
-> libGLcore.so.173.14.09
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16181640 2008-09-02 06:09
/usr/lib/libGLcore.so.173.14.09
… and I have no "/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2" file.
Here is the contents of "/usr/lib/nvidia/"
fischer:~# ls -al /usr/lib/nvidia/
total 3788
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-01 14:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 80 root root 49152 2010-05-30 23:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517264 2008-12-14 15:29 libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2008-12-29 21:56 libGL.so.1.xlibmesa ->
libGL.so.1.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2606591 2009-06-11 22:07 libGLcore.so.xlibmesa
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 529621 2009-06-11 22:07 libglx.so.xlibmesa
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127224 2008-09-02 06:09
libnvidia-cfg.so.173.14.09
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5064 2008-09-02 06:09 tls_test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4920 2008-09-02 06:09 tls_test_dso.so
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Chris.
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