package libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: Kann ?./usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2? nicht erzeugen: No such file or directory

[Hares Latif]

this came up right after upgrading from jaunty to karmic, about two weeks ago. since then several updates, still no solution... everything else is running ok...

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 12 17:07:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: Kann »./usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2« nicht erzeugen: No such file or directory
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP35C-DS3R
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu3.1
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=99b9b572-7b9d-4d11-a6cb-48eb0583f92b ro splash vga=792
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-8.9-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu21
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu3.1
 libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: mesa
Title: package libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4-0ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: Kann »./usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2« nicht erzeugen: No such file or directory
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/29/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4a
dmi.board.name: EP35C-DS3R
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4a:bd07/29/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP35C-DS3R:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP35C-DS3R:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EP35C-DS3R
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.30-8-generic

[Robert Hooker (sarvatt)]

It looks like you installed nvidia drivers either directly from nvidia or some other outside source packaged wrongly which interferes with the mesa install. If the former is the case, remove them by running

sudo sh NVIDIA-whateveryourfileiscalled.run --uninstall

replacing "whateveryourfileiscalled" with the relevant line from the package you installed with. You can also run

sudo nvidia-installer --uninstall

if you no longer have the package around. Then you can update everything normally and then install the nvidia binary drivers ubuntu provides. If you need more recent drivers than currently in karmic there are PPAs with .deb packages you can use for it so it does not break the package management system in the manner you describe such as

https://edge.launchpad.net/~thefirstm/+archive/karmic-testing

[Hares Latif (hares)]

Thanks for your fast reply. This was also what I was thinking of first,
but the problem remained even after I had uninstalled and reinstalled
the latest nvidia drivers about 4 times in the way you describe it. In
jaunty I always used the latest nvidia drivers from nvidia directly and
never had these problems.
I will give the ubuntu drivers a try. Do you have the link for the PPAs...?
Thanks in advance!
Hares

On 13.06.2009 02:54, Robert Hooker wrote:
> It looks like you installed nvidia drivers either directly from nvidia
> or some other outside source packaged wrongly which interferes with the
> mesa install. If the former is the case, remove them by running
>
> sudo sh NVIDIA-whateveryourfileiscalled.run --uninstall
>
> replacing "whateveryourfileiscalled" with the relevant line from the
> package you installed with. You can also run
>
> sudo nvidia-installer --uninstall
>
> if you no longer have the package around. Then you can update everything
> normally and then install the nvidia binary drivers ubuntu provides. If
> you need more recent drivers than currently in karmic there are PPAs
> with .deb packages you can use for it so it does not break the package
> management system in the manner you describe such as
>
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~thefirstm/+archive/karmic-testing
>

[Hares Latif (hares)]

Solved:
I did a
dpkg-divert --list *libGL*

there it showed, that there were diversions between two previously
installed libGL versions:

diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to
/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx-180

then I did:
ls -la /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2

and finally removed the lines in /var/lib/dpkg/diversions

works perfectly now !

thanks!

Hares

On 13.06.2009 02:54, Robert Hooker wrote:
> It looks like you installed nvidia drivers either directly from nvidia
> or some other outside source packaged wrongly which interferes with the
> mesa install. If the former is the case, remove them by running
>
> sudo sh NVIDIA-whateveryourfileiscalled.run --uninstall
>
> replacing "whateveryourfileiscalled" with the relevant line from the
> package you installed with. You can also run
>
> sudo nvidia-installer --uninstall
>
> if you no longer have the package around. Then you can update everything
> normally and then install the nvidia binary drivers ubuntu provides. If
> you need more recent drivers than currently in karmic there are PPAs
> with .deb packages you can use for it so it does not break the package
> management system in the manner you describe such as
>
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~thefirstm/+archive/karmic-testing
>