Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Angus Hedger <demidevil@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:36:50 +0200
> Matteo Riva <muradin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <anippy>
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>> fglrx-driver: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be
>> installed. xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-2 which is a
>> virtual package. Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-cyrix (<= 1:1.1.0-8)
>> but 1:1.1.0-8 is to be installed.
>> Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-nsc (<= 1:2.8.3-4) but
>> 1:2.8.3-4 is to be installed.
>> fglrx-glx: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be installed.
>> nvidia-glx: Conflicts: fglrx-glx but 1:10-7-1 is to be installed.
>>
>> but I can't understand why it's installing fglrx-driver or nvidia-glx
>>
>> An aptitude why on those packages shows:
>>
>> $ aptitude why fglrx-driver
>> i gnome Depends gdm3 | gdm-themes
>> p gdm3 Recommends xserver-xorg
>> p A xserver-xorg Depends xserver-xorg-video-all |
>> xserver-xorg-video-6 p fglrx-driver Provides xserver-xorg-video-6
>>
>> aptitude why nvidia-glx
>> i gnome Depends gdm3 | gdm-themes
>> p gdm3 Recommends xserver-xorg
>> p A xserver-xorg Depends xserver-xorg-video-all |
>> xserver-xorg-video-6 p nvidia-glx Provides xserver-xorg-video-6
>>
>> so it seems they are installed since they provide
>> 'xserver-xorg-video-6' BUT I already have
>> 'xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd' which provides the same package, so why
>> does aptitude want to install the proprietary display drivers?
>
> Not sure, try opening aptitude in and cancelling all pending actions.
>
> sudo aptitude then press e or click actions > cancel pending actions.
Apparently there are no pending actions, I still can't understand why
those packages are being installed.
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