Unable to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau as it conflicts with xserver-xorg-video-5

[Philip Peitsch]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

I'm unable to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau on Lucid, as it claims it conflicts with xserver-xorg-video-5 which is a virtual package.

I've attached the output from a terminal:

insanity@haven:~$ sudo aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
[sudo] password for insanity:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  xserver-xorg-core
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nouveau-kernel-source{a} xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,407kB of archives. After unpacking 8,040kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  xserver-xorg-core: Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-5 which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau [Not Installed]

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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: caa155f54c0f4362405eca2142b98252
CheckboxSystem: 9038dc5b445882e24b06ebe5cf05c9fc
Date: Fri Jan 15 20:46:24 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 965P-S3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-10-generic root=UUID=fcb267ad-26fb-474b-b4c4-0a58661e5149 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu5
 libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20091125.0061c4db-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 07/17/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F12
dmi.board.name: 965P-S3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF12:bd07/17/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pn965P-S3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn965P-S3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: 965P-S3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-10-generic