[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#446106: nvidia-glx fails to install

[Peder Chr. Nørgaard]

Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 100.14.19-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I start by stating that I am not at all sure that this is a bug in
"nvidia-glx" - it might even be a bug in "apt".  But I feel I have to
start here, to get some input to solve the problem.  At any rate, the
package *does* fail to install.

I work on a newly created "sid" debian system, an Intel core 2 duo CPU
using i386 (not amd64) distribution.

I have successfully built and installed a kernel module package for
the correct version of nvidia, kernel and hardware:

ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.22-2-686 100.14.19-1              NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.22-2-686

(Incidentally, this particular package has worked with nvidia-glx on
another Debian system. So I know it is OK.)

Then, when I attempt to install nvidia-glx I get this message:

pcndeb:~# apt-get install nvidia-glx
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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  kdelibs4c2a: Depends: xbase-clients but it is not going to be installed
  xserver-xorg-core: Depends: xserver-xorg but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages



And now I am completely lost.  What have these four packages to do
with nvidia-glx, and what is it that apt-get is trying to tell me?
Yes, nvidia-glx depends on xserver-xorg-core, but it *is* installed,
with proper version, and so are the other three packages mentioned:

ii  kdelibs4c2a              4:3.5.7.dfsg.1-7         core libraries and binaries for all KDE applications
ii  xbase-clients            1:7.3+2                  miscellaneous X clients - metapackage
ii  x11-common               1:7.3+2                  X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
ii  xserver-xorg-core        2:1.4-3                  Xorg X server - core server

The other packages on which nvidia-glx depends are also installed, with
proper versions:

ii  libc6                    2.6.1-5                  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                 2:1.0.3-7                X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                 1:1.0.3-2                X11 miscellaneous extension library

I am no novice in using "apt-get" and solving dependency problems, but
this problem has stopped me cold.  I have no clue as for how to
proceed.

best regards

Peder Chr. Nørgaard     e-mail: pcn at pogt.dk
Gefionsvej 19           spejder-e-mail: hathi at gallerne.dk
DK-8230 Åbyhøj          tel: +45 87 44 11 99
Denmark                 mob: +45 30 91 84 31



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash