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fglrx-installer package

failed to install fglrx driver after upgrading to 10.04 from 9.10

Bug #555830 reported by Richard
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

after upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04, failed to use fglrx vga driver, and unable to install fglrx driver by using synaptic.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic-pae 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 6 00:18:15 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

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Richard (lawyerchu-gmail) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log file from '/var/log/apt/term.log' to this bug report? Thanks in advance.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Richard (lawyerchu-gmail) wrote :

yes, sure.

Log started: 2010-04-06 12:30:24
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Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.721-0ubuntu7_i386.deb) ...

dpkg-divert: mismatch on package

  when removing `diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so to /usr/lib/fglrx/libdri.so.xlibmesa by fglrx'

  found `diversion of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so to /usr/lib/fglrx/libdri.so.xlibmesa by xorg-driver-fglrx'

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.721-0ubuntu7_i386.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.721-0ubuntu7_i386.deb

Log ended: 2010-04-06 12:30:25

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for following up. This is a duplicate of bug 552782 then.

affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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