Bug#803793: glx-alternative-nvidia: configure failed after update

[Luca Boccassi]

On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 21:05 +0100, gpe92 wrote:
> Package: glx-alternative-nvidia
> Version: 0.6.93
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> After the testing updates of today the package failed to configure and
> now the xserver doesn't start.
> Here is the error message during the apt-get upgrade:
> 
> update-alternatives: error: alternative link /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
> is already managed by nvidia
> 
> BR

Hello,

> Versions of packages glx-alternative-nvidia is related to:
> pn  glx-alternative-fglrx                                      <none>
> ii  glx-alternative-mesa                                       0.6.93
> ih  glx-alternative-nvidia                                     0.6.93
> pn  libgl1-dev                                                 <none>
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]                                   10.6.8-1
> ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx [libgl1-nvidia-glx-any]                  346.72-1
> ii  nvidia-driver [nvidia-glx-any]                             346.72-1
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia [xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-any]  346.72-1

You have a version of nvidia-driver that is no longer in the archive,
346.72-1. Did you install the drivers from experimental and never
upgraded again at some point between June 17th and July 21st?

Please either downgrade to the version in testing/unstable or upgrade to
the version in experimental and report back if the problem persists.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi