nvidia-common package problem

[Russell reiter]

You could try using module-assistant.

# apt-get install module-assistant gcc nvidia-kernel-common
# m-a update
# m-a prepare
# m-a auto-install nvidia


On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm running Debian amd64 testing on a Core 2 system with an Nvidia
> GeForce 8400 GS video card.  I'm using the nvidia proprietary driver
> (although switching to the nouveau driver is looking like a better and
> better idea ... does it do dual head?).  Whenever I try to do a system
> upgrade ("aptitude update ; aptitude full-upgrade") it hangs on the
> nvidia-common package, as below:
>
> # aptitude install nvidia-common
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>  nvidia-common
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 352 not upgraded.
> Need to get 13.3 kB of archives. After unpacking 12.3 kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
> Get:1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/contrib nvidia-common
> amd64 20110426+1 [13.3 kB]
> Fetched 13.3 kB in 0s (19.4 kB/s)
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 12505
> package 'nvidiabinaryblob':
>  error in Version string 'pkg2-1': version number does not start with digit
> (Reading database ... 196539 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace nvidia-common 20110213+1 (using
> .../nvidia-common_20110426+1_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement nvidia-common ...
> Setting up nvidia-common (20110426+1) ...
> dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> configured to not write apport reports
>                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nvidia-common
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
> Setting up nvidia-common (20110426+1) ...
> dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nvidia-common
>
>
> I tried again:
>
>
> # aptitude install nvidia-common
> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
>  nvidia-common
> No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 352 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
> Setting up nvidia-common (20110426+1) ...
> dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> configured to not write apport reports
>                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nvidia-common
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
> Setting up nvidia-common (20110426+1) ...
> dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nvidia-common
>
>
> Since this is failing, any number of other packages are refusing to
> install as well because aptitude insists on attempting to install
> nvidia-common first.  Also, several packages that require
> nvidia-specific drivers ("hugin" and "k3b" at least) are currently
> failing to work.  I rely on both these programs, so suggestions would
> be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> --
> Giles
> http://www.gilesorr.com/
> gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
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