Bug#600327: nvidia-glx conf fails with /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so dpkg-divert error

[James Andrewartha]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

> On 2010-10-16 12:57, James Andrewartha wrote:
> > This install is venerable, I've been using nvidia since 2001 or before:
> > 
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root src   274704 2001-07-13 23:38 nvidia-kernel-2.2.19_1.0.1251-2_i386.deb
> 
> :-) That driver version is not even in nvidia's archive any longer ...
> 
> Is your GPU still supported by the 195xx driver? Check the NEWS.Debian
> in nvidia-glx.

Yes, it's an 8800GT - this install has moved across three hardware builds, 
previously I had a GeForce 1 and a GeForce 6600GT.

> Please move /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so out of the way
> (or just delete it) and configure the remaining packages
> (dpkg --configure --pending). This should work cleanly now.
> 
> Afterwards you should have
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so again (dated 2009-06-08).

# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nvidia-glx (195.36.31-5) ...
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia/libglx.so to provide /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (libglx.so) in auto mode.
WARNING: The file '/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2' found on your system may interfere with accelerated OpenGL.
Processing triggers for libgl1-nvidia-alternatives ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1 because link group libGL.so.1 is broken.
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/nvidia/diversions/libGL.so because link group libGL.so is broken.

# ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2486954 2009-06-08 17:35 
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so

Thanks for your help.

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