dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so' with different file `/usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core'

[Luke Boland]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Error occurred during upgrade from Hardy to Intrepid stable from web repos using Synaptic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

From your log files you've got a transfer failure:
Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xmms2/xmms2-plugin-ices_0.5DrLecter-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Unable to connect to au.archive.ubuntu.com http: [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]

and there has been errors for the following packages:
nvidia-glx
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.18_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/cpp-4.3_4.3.2-1ubuntu11_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/cpp_4%3a4.3.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libattr1_1%3a2.4.41-1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libdrm2_2.3.1-0build1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libfontenc1_1%3a1.0.4-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgmp3c2_2%3a4.2.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome-keyring0_2.24.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeui-0_2.24.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomeui-common_2.24.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomevfs2-0_1%3a2.24.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomevfs2-common_1%3a2.24.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnomevfs2-extra_1%3a2.24.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libhal1_0.5.11-4ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmpfr1ldbl_2.3.2.dfsg.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libpciaccess0_0.10.3-1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libsm6_2%3a1.0.3-2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libsmbclient_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libtalloc1_1.2.0~git20080616-1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libwbclient0_2%3a3.2.3-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxaw7_2%3a1.0.4-2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxfont1_1%3a1.3.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxkbfile1_1%3a1.0.5-1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/mawk_1.3.3-11.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/module-init-tools_3.3-pre11-4ubuntu16_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-glx-177_177.80-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/shared-mime-info_0.51-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/x11-xkb-utils_7.4+1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xkb-data_1.3-2ubuntu4_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-common_2%3a1.5.2-2ubuntu3_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.5.2-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-input-all_1%3a7.4~5ubuntu3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-video-mach64_6.8.0-1build2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-video-r128_6.8.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-video-radeon_1%3a6.9.0+git20081003.f9826a56-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb

The error for all of these package is 'subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2'
It's likely the same root cause. I'm marking you other reports as duplicates of this one before further investigation.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what is causing the error:

Removing nvidia-glx ...
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so' with
  different file `/usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core', not allowed
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

I suspect the subsequent errors are from the nvidia failure:

dpkg: yes, will remove nvidia-glx in favour of xserver-xorg-core.
Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2 (using .../xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.5.2-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_1%3a0.2.903-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-core ...
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/etc/X11/xserver': Directory not empty
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so' with
  different file `/usr/lib/nvidia/libwfb.so.xserver-xorg-core', not allowed
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.5.2-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Could you please provide the output of the following commands:
ls -l /usr/lib/nvidia /usr/lib/xorg/modules
dpkg-divert --list

Thanks.

[Mario Santoro (santoro-ma)]

This are the outputs

>ls -l /usr/lib/nvidia /usr/lib/xorg/modules

ls: impossibile accedere a /usr/lib/nvidia: Nessun file o directory
/usr/lib/xorg/modules:
totale 2060
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 drivers
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 extensions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 fonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 input
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140956 2008-10-24 10:06 libafb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104496 2008-10-24 10:06 libcfb32.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287368 2008-10-24 10:06 libcfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55052 2008-10-24 10:06 libexa.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149540 2008-10-24 10:06 libfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134840 2008-10-24 10:06 libint10.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126728 2008-10-24 10:06 libmfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26100 2008-10-24 10:06 libshadowfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21904 2008-10-24 10:06 libshadow.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21980 2008-10-24 10:06 libvbe.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22696 2008-10-24 10:06 libvgahw.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186404 2008-10-24 10:06 libwfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337116 2008-10-24 10:06 libxaa.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 151340 2008-10-24 10:06 libxf1bpp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 87680 2008-10-24 10:06 libxf4bpp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5452 2008-10-24 10:06 libxf8_16bpp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142932 2008-10-24 10:06 libxf8_32bpp.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 linux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-03 12:30 multimedia

>dpkg-divert --list

diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz
to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash
diversion of /usr/share/dict/words
to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common
diversion of /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu
to /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu.distrib by kdesudo

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Mario, I don't know what your issue is but it's probably not this report because you don't have neither the nvidia package installed nor the xorg module causing the dpkg-divert failure.

[Frode Tennebø (frode-tennebo)]

Jean-Baptiste,

I had the exact same behaviour and I have very similar output:

ft@vader:~/bin$ dpkg-divert --list
diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash
diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa by xorg-driver-fglrx
diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so to /usr/lib/fglrx/libdri.so.xlibmesa by xorg-driver-fglrx
diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so to /usr/lib/fglrx/libglx.so.xlibmesa by xorg-driver-fglrx
diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common
ft@vader:~/bin$ ls -l /usr/lib/nvidia /usr/lib/xorg/modules
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/nvidia: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/xorg/modules:
total 9372
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740584 2008-10-24 08:12 amdxmm.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-02 11:51 drivers
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-02 11:51 extensions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-02 11:51 fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6729340 2008-10-24 08:12 glesx.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-02 11:50 input
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140956 2008-10-24 10:06 libafb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104496 2008-10-24 10:06 libcfb32.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287368 2008-10-24 10:06 libcfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55052 2008-10-24 10:06 libexa.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149540 2008-10-24 10:06 libfb.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-11-02 12:12 libglide2x.so -> ../../libglide.so.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134840 2008-10-24 10:06 libint10.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126728 2008-10-24 10:06 libmfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26100 2008-10-24 10:06 libshadowfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21904 2008-10-24 10:06 libshadow.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21980 2008-10-24 10:06 libvbe.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22696 2008-10-24 10:06 libvgahw.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186404 2008-10-24 10:06 libwfb.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337116 2008-10-24 10:06 libxaa.so ...

[Luke Boland (magilla)]

Jean-Baptiste Lallement: did you want my output from ls -l /usr/lib/nvidia /usr/lib/xorg/modules & dpkg-divert --list as well, or just Marios?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

@Luke, yes please attach it to this report. Thank you in advance.

[Luke Boland (magilla)]

Here you go.

[Luke Boland (magilla)]

Only 1 attachment per post :/

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Thank you for reporting this issue about a driver from the
linux-restricted-modules package. lrm-2.4.24 was shipped with Ubuntu
8.04 which reached end-of-life for desktop support on May 12th, 2011.

For that reason, this bug report is being closed at this time. I'm
marking it wontfix because what you describe is probably a valid issue,
but there are no plans to work on lrm 2.4.24 bugs further.

The issue may be resolved in a newer version. If not, aside from filing
a new bug report, another angle may be to file it directly with the
driver vendor.