Bug#775491: [libgl1-nvidia-glx] Fails to install when using glx-alternatives

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2015-01-18 12:39, Beojan Stanislaus wrote:
> OpenGL and NVIDIA library files installed:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root            48 Oct 21 18:35
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so ->
> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so-x86_64-linux-gnu
OK

> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root            50 Dec 10 12:45
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 ->
> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so.1-x86_64-linux-gnu
OK

> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root            50 Dec 10 12:47
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2.0 ->
> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so.1-x86_64-linux-gnu

That one is seriously broken and mustn't be there. Delete it and it
should solve your problem.

> /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     14 Jan 15 14:01 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     14 Jan 15 14:01 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2.0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 627320 Jan 15 14:01 libGL.so.1.2.0
diversions are correct, this is the original libGL.so.1.2.0

> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/xorg/:
> total 12
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 19  2014 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 13 21:48 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 22 09:53 modules

Where does this come from?

> /etc/modprobe.d:
> total 52
> -rw-r--r--   1 root   root      76 Apr 16  2014
> nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf
That one is not from the packaging,

> -rw-r--r--   1 root   root     259 Oct 20 09:45 nvidia-kernel-common.conf
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root      46 Oct 21 18:37 nvidia.conf ->
> /etc/alternatives/nvidia--nvidia-modprobe.conf
while these two are.

> <<<<<<<<<< /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf >>>>>>>>>>
> # generated by nvidia-installer
> blacklist nouveau
> options nouveau modeset=0
> ^^^^^^^^^^ /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf ^^^^^^^^^^

So you installed the driver from the .run in the past and it didn't
clean up properly. Maybe my nvidia-installer-cleanup package must be
updated.

Andreas