[Hardy] Unable to install nvidia-glx-new

[Toby Smithe]

Try to install nvidia-glx-new. Error message as below:

  nvidia-glx-new: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 1:0.99.0-1) but it is not going to be installed

$ apt-cache madison xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core | 2:1.4-3ubuntu1 | http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
xorg-server | 2:1.4.1~git20071105-1ubuntu2 | http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources

$ apt-cache madison nvidia-glx-new
nvidia-glx-new | 100.14.19+2.6.22.4-14.9 | http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 | 2.6.22.4-14.9 | http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources

$ apt-cache madison linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 | 2.6.22.4-14.9 | http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources

This is somewhat confusing as it would appear that 2:1.4-3ubuntu1 is indeed greater than 1:0.99.0-1.

[Christian Schürer-Waldheim (quincunx)]

The new xserver-xorg-core package conflicts with any package providing xserver-xorg-video, xserver-xorg-video-1.0 or xserver-xorg-video-1.9.

The current nvidia-glx-new provides xserver-xorg-video, therefore it can't be installed.

[Toby Smithe (tsmithe)]

Right, I suppose this is also the case for nvidia-glx as well. On checking the X.org log with the new driver, I noticed there was information about ABI incompatibility; is there a time when this will be resolved?

[Jürgen Kreileder (jk)]

Looks like only the dependencies have to be updated. nvidia-glx-new works fine on hardy when forced to install.

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Fixed with 2.6.22.5-14.1.