nouveau wants to remove all of xorg

[David Nielsen]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Attempting to install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau results in xorg and all the drivers being removed. The issue seems very similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/494166

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 22 14:27:45 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Acer Aspire R3610
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-9-generic root=UUID=a964c036-5103-41e0-a8b4-7ab3d7a4611d ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-9.13-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5~3ubuntu4
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.1~rc3-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20091125.0061c4db-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-9-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P01-A2
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: FMCP7A-ION
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A2:bd08/10/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireR3610:pvr:rvnAcer:rnFMCP7A-ION:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire R3610
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-9-generic