I apologize for not replying directly in the thread, but I'm still stuck
with GMail until I deal with another issue and the "Reply to" function
doesn't seem to be working. (So do you want to deride me for that, as well,
Sánchez?)
On Friday 18 May 2007, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 03:20:39AM -0400, Knight Of Staves wrote:
> I am having a problem with two packages, nvidia-glx-legacy and
> nvidia-glx-new (and it's on an upgrade to Ubuntu Feisty -- I tried
> a new driver). I tried to remove both of them so I could reinstall
> them.
$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx-new
W: Unable to locate package nvidia-glx-new
The package you are talking about is not even in Debian. Please go
ask your question on an Ubuntu list.
By about 4:30 I found the problem. It's not about what package it is, it's
about dpkg-divert. If you were interested in helping me, instead of judging
me negatively and "taking someone down" you would have read the whole issue
and perhaps, instead of being dismissive, you could have actually said
something helpful. For the record, and for those who Google this list at
some later time, I'll explain what happened because it could help someone.
In my original e-mail, the one part you didn't quote is the most important
part:
> I get a message that it can't install it be installed because the
diversion
> for one library conflicts with the diversion specified in the
nvidia-glx-new
> package.
That is what's important here. Like most people (I suspect), I've never
worked much with apt other than just installing and uninstalling. I have
never heard of dpkg-divert or of diversions before this. A diversion is a
signal to other packages that a file is not where it would be expected to be
and tells other packages where to look for that file. (At least that's how
I understood it.) I kept getting messages that it conflicted with the
nvidia-glx-new package, so I did this:
dpkg-divert --list *nvidia-glx*
and it gave me a listing of all diversions used in all packages with
nvidia-glx in their name. I was hesitant to do anything to directly effect
them, but I was able to use the same command to list any other diversions
effecting those same files. Fortunately, there weren't any. I figured this
meant that the only packages using those particular diversions were
nvidia-glx-legacy, nvidia-glx, and nvidia-glx-new. I used:
dpkg-divert --remove --rename {path and name of file}
for each of the 5 diversions listed. That removed all 5 of them, then I
tried:
apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy
and it installed perfectly and worked. Then I removed it, installed
nvidia-glx, and it worked better. It's now working quite well.
> And please don't respond to me. This is my "spam" account I use
> for things likely to create spam, since I can't get to my email
> program.
Would that be the sort of "spam" created by asking a question about
one Distro on another distro's list, while sending your message in
HTML on that wrong text-only list and then to top it off sending your
message twice? If so, you have succeeded quite nicely.
Uh, no. Actually spam that comes from sites I've had to temporarily join
for testing situations or something like that which are likely to share my
e-mail with other sites. And, since you seem more interested in insulting
me than in helping, I guess I should say that does not include porn sites.
I hope, in the future, when you're up at 3:30 am, dealing with an issue you
need to resolve so your system will be ready when you need it by 9 am the
next day, and you're asking for help from the most knowledgeable group you
know of, that you will actually get help from those people instead of
responses from people so myopic they give your problem little thought and
consider providing a helpful response instead of using the opportunity to
read only the parts you can be condescending and negative about.
Thank you very much for taking the time and consideration for being so
helpful to someone who needed it at 3:30 am when they had to have their
system working early that morning for work instead of taking the chance to
be petty and insulting.
