[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#596731: nvidia-kernel-dkms: Tries to remove kernel when upgrading to unstable version

[Manuel Bilderbeek]

Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
Version: 195.36.24-4
Severity: normal

Today I decided to upgrade to the latest version in unstable of this
package, to see if it fixes the very slow 2D (3D is fine) performance.
But I can't upgrade it, as for some reason it tries to remove my running
kernel:

$ sudo aptitude install -t unstable nvidia-kernel-dkms
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgl1-nvidia-alternatives{a} libgl1-nvidia-glx{a} 
  libglx-nvidia-alternatives{a} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-dkms{b} nvidia-vdpau-driver 
3 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 317 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.6MB of archives. After unpacking 1,155kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  nvidia-kernel-dkms: Conflicts: linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 but 2.6.32-5 is installed.
                      Conflicts: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 but 2.6.32-5 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:                                             
1)     linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64                                         
2)     linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64                                           

     Leave the following dependencies unresolved:                               
3)     nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 recommends linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd6


I don't understand why, though, because there is no conflict visible:

$ aptitude show nvidia-kernel-dkms
Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms              
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 195.36.24-4
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/kernel
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers <pkg-nvidia-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 24.6M
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0), nvidia-kernel-common (>= 20100522)
Recommends: nvidia-glx (>= 195.36.24)
Conflicts: binutils-gold (> 2.20.51), nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms,
           nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-dkms, nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms
Provides: nvidia-kernel-195.36.24
Provided by: nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms, nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-dkms,
             nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms


How can I upgrade??

-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux sonata 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 13:59:41 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-21) (ben at decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-2) ) #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 13:59:41 UTC 2010

/proc/driver/nvidia/version: 
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  195.36.24  Thu Apr 22 19:10:14 PDT 2010
GCC version:  gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-2) 

lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] [10de:0611] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                          2.1.1.2-5  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram
ii  nvidia-kernel-common          20100522+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends:
ii  nvidia-glx                   195.36.24-4 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

nvidia-kernel-dkms suggests no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                1.15.8.4             Debian package management system
ii  libc6               2.11.2-2             Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libx11-6            2:1.3.3-3            X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6            2:1.1.2-1            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.3 195.36.24-1+2.6.32-5 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Li
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms  195.36.24-4          NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     8.0.0      helper programs for debian/rules
ii  make                          3.81-8     An utility for Directing compilati
ii  quilt                         0.48-7     Tool to work with series of patche

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms is related to:
ii  binutils                2.20.1-12        The GNU assembler, linker and bina
pn  binutils-gold           <none>           (no description available)
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+28        Header files for Linux 2.6-amd64 (
ii  linux-headers-2.6.30-1- 2.6.30-6         Header files for Linux 2.6.30-1-am
ii  linux-headers-2.6.30-2- 2.6.30-8squeeze1 Header files for Linux 2.6.30-2-am
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5- 2.6.32-21        Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-am
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-tr 2.6.32-5         Header files for Linux 2.6.32-trun
ii  nvidia-glx              195.36.24-4      NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common    20100522+1       NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms      195.36.24-4      NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  nvidia-kernel-source    195.36.24-4      NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  xserver-xorg            1:7.5+6          the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core       2:1.7.7-4        Xorg X server - core server

-- no debconf information