package nvidia-glx None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Bruce Miller]

Apport loaded when I tried to purge nvidia-glx which appeared no longer to be in use and to have been replaced by nvidia-glx-new.

Purge process threw error:

bruce@Herodotus:~$ sudo aptitude purge nvidia-glx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-glx{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 269953 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-glx ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-glx ...
dpkg-divert: mismatch on package
  when removing `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx'
  found `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx-new'
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-glx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
bruce@Herodotus:~$

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 17 12:48:22 2007
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-glx None
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22
Title: package nvidia-glx None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux Herodotus 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

(Sounds similar to Bug #130208 ...)