when doing X updates it wants to remove nvidia-glx-185

[John Vivirito]

Not sure if this is a duplicate of bug #494166
Here is what updates i am getting and what happens when i try to upgrade xserver-xorg:

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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  empathy gdm gnome-games libpam-modules xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
  xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati
  xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  xserver-xorg-video-geode xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv
  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
The following packages will be upgraded:
  curl libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i686 libcurl3
  libcurl3-gnutls libpulse-browse0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0
  libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
  pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils
  thunderbird-3.0 thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support upstart x11-apps
  xulrunner-1.9.1 xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support xulrunner-1.9.2
  xulrunner-1.9.2-gnome-support xulrunner-1.9.3 xulrunner-1.9.3-gnome-support
28 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
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Here is what happens when i try to upgrade/install newest version of xserver-xorg:

gnomefreak@Development:~$ install xserver-xorg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libsm-dev linux-headers-2.6.31-14 libice-dev x11proto-xext-dev
  x11proto-kb-dev libglib2.0-dev linux-headers-2.6.32-2 linux-headers-2.6.32-4
  linux-headers-2.6.32-4-generic nvidia-settings nvidia-185-libvdpau
  nvidia-185-kernel-source x11proto-render-dev libxrender-dev libcairo2-dev
  mesa-common-dev libxdmcp-dev libsysfs-dev libdirectfb-extra libgeoclue0
  libpng12-dev gobject-introspection libfontconfig1-dev libdirectfb-dev
  xtrans-dev linux-headers-2.6.32-2-generic x11proto-core-dev dkms
  libxcb-render-util0-dev libxext-dev libjpeg62-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev
  x11proto-input-dev libfreetype6-dev x11proto-fixes-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
  libxau-dev libpthread-stubs0 libexpat1-dev libpixman-1-dev libxft-dev
  libx11-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxfixes-dev libxcb1-dev
  linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-video-ati
  xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Suggested packages:
  firmware-linux
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-glx-185 xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-mouse
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
  xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm
  xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-geode xserver-xorg-video-i128
  xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga
  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv
  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-rendition
  xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
The following packages will be upgraded:
  xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-r128
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon
7 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 34 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 25.991033] usb 1-2: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
 [ 27.388029] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Sat Dec 12 02:17:08 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 09da:0006 A4 Tech Co., Ltd Optical Mouse WOP-35 / Trust 450L Optical Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:c002 Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart 7800 series
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX400
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu9
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-7-generic root=UUID=827d343c-f880-4c45-943d-8fa7e3cec73b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-7.10-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu9
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.1~rc2-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-7-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 10/05/2001
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: OptiPlex GX400
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA05:bd10/05/2001:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX400:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnOptiPlexGX400:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.32-7-generic

[Martin Beltov (mbeltov)]

I get this as well. When I sudo upgrade-manager -d, I get the following in the summary:

....
REMOVE nvidia-glx-185
.....

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Mirtin, Thanks for confirming it.