Bug#722469: libgl1-nvidia-glx: not upgradeable without multiple manual steps

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2013-09-11 13:16, Adam Borowski wrote:
> When trying to upgrade libgl1-nvidia-glx, its postinst fails without giving
> an error message.  Looking inside, it appears it dislikes the currently
> loaded kernel module.

I'd like to see the full upgrade log ... should be still available as
/var/log/term.log

> To proceed, one needs to:
> * partially install all related packages, leaving them in a broken state
> * reboot
> * dpkg --configure -a

> -- Package-specific info:
> uname -a:
> Linux umbar 3.11.0-x32+ #10 SMP Tue Sep 10 21:26:33 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> /proc/version:
> Linux version 3.11.0-x32+ (kilobyte at umbar) (gcc version 4.8.1 (Debian 4.8.1-10) ) #10 SMP Tue Sep 10 21:26:33 UTC 2013

I'm pretty sure that is the main cause: I don't think x32 is a supported
environment for the nvidia driver.


Andreas