Bug#940529: apt: Apt Fails to Handle Dependencies for Necessary Video Support
Package: apt
Version: 1.8.2
Severity: critical
Tags: upstream
Justification: breaks the whole system
Dell Studio XPS
$nvidia-detect
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M
G] [10de:0866] (rev b1)
Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] (rev b1)
Your card is only supported up to the 340 legacy drivers series.
It is recommended to install the
nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver
package.
When attempting to install the package, the error messages are:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver : PreDepends: nvidia-installer-cleanup but it is
not installable
Depends: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver-libs (=
340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver-bin (=
340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-340xx
(= 340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver (=
340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-340xx-alternative (=
340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms (=
340.107-4) but it is not going to be installed or
nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-340.107
Depends: nvidia-support but it is not installable
Recommends: nvidia-settings-legacy-340xx but it
is not installable
Recommends: nvidia-persistenced but it is not
installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
These leads to system becoming unviewable during attempt at resolution change.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-cloud-tools-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-cloud-tools-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-buildinfo-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-buildinfo-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-source-4\.17\.0-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-source-4\.19\.0-6-amd64$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-modules-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-unsigned";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-cloud-tools";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-buildinfo";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-source";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections "";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "0";
APT::Compressor::zstd "";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Name "zstd";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Extension ".zst";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Binary "false";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Cost "60";
APT::Compressor::lz4 "";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Name "lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Extension ".lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Binary "false";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Cost "50";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "100";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-6n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "200";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "300";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "400";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrcparts "auth.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::planners "";
Dir::Bin::planners:: "/usr/lib/apt/planners";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::gzip "/bin/gzip";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lz4 "/usr/bin/lz4";
Dir::Bin::zstd "/usr/bin/zstd";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Log::Planner "eipp.log.xz";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.ucf-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowWeakRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::IndexTargets "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/binary-$(ARCHITECTURE)/Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatMetaKey "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::ShortDescription "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Optional "0";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::ShortDescription "Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0";
Acquire::Changelogs "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian "https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin::Ubuntu "1";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
Acquire::CompressionTypes "";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::xz "xz";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::bz2 "bzip2";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lzma "lzma";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::gz "gzip";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lz4 "lz4";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::zst "zstd";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Path "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
Binary "apt-config";
Binary::apt "";
Binary::apt::APT "";
Binary::apt::APT::Color "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::AllVersions "0";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Get "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Update "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Update::InteractiveReleaseInfoChanges "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList for more information.
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debian-archive-keyring 2019.1
ii gpgv 2.2.12-1+deb10u1
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.8.2
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6
ii libgnutls30 3.6.7-4
ii libseccomp2 2.3.3-4
ii libstdc++6 8.3.0-6
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20190110
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.7
ii gnupg 2.2.12-1+deb10u1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
ii synaptic 0.84.6
-- no debconf information
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