jockey installs nvidia-current-updates & then reports failure to install

[Doug McMahon]

On a fresh install today, (08/15 daily) used jockey to install "nvidia (version current
nvidia-current-updates was installed instead and jockey reported failure to install (install went fine

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 15 12:55:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110815)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic root=UUID=392d48f4-a413-414c-80ea-ac3d6eec6f8b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: jockey
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A15
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Xavier Bassery (xaba)]

In the .var.log.jockey.log.txt file, there is an error line towards the end (see pasted text at the end on this comment)
Could this be the reason behind the error reported by jockey?
Then this bug would rather concerns the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates.

Setting up nvidia-current-updates (280.13-0ubuntu1) ...
[...]

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-8-generic

2011-08-15 12:46:35,274 ERROR: update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libOpenCL.so because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/libOpenCL.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libvdpau_nvidia.so because associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Precise i386 + nvidia 285 + 8500gt output:

update-alternatives: warning: creation of /usr/lib32/libOpenCL.so abandoned due to missing associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/libOpenCL.so (from links group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf).

update-alternatives: warning: creation of /usr/lib32/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 abandoned due to missing associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 (from links group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf).

update-alternatives: warning: creation of /usr/lib32/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so abandoned due to missing associated file /usr/lib32/nvidia-current/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so (from links group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf).

Hopes that one day somebody will fix this bug and the numerous associated jockey/nvidia/nouveau bugs for the coming LTS target.

[Maik Penz (maik-phpkuh)]

Some entries that seem to fail (using precise i386 + nvidia 295)

# ls -l /usr/lib32
    libOpenCL.so -> /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libOpenCL.so_lib32
    libvdpau_nvidia.so.dpkg-tmp -> /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia.so_lib32

# ls -l /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libO*
    /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libOpenCL.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/libOpenCL.so
   /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libOpenCL.so_lib32 -> /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/libOpenCL.so

The second is broken (recursive).

Same here with both lib32-links being recursive:
# ls -l /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia*
    /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so
    /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 -> /usr/lib/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1
    /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia.so.1_lib32 -> /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1
    /etc/alternatives/i386-linux-gnu_libvdpau_nvidia.so_lib32.dpkg-tmp -> /usr/lib32/nvidia-current-updates/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so

Might there be an issue with update alternatives or symlinks?
Maybe something with the setup that confuses /usr/lib with /usr/lib32 causing the invalid links (and those "missing associated file messages").

[dino99 (9d9)]

eol reached https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases