Comment 5 for bug 1424491

I'm getting this issue too on 14.04.2. No such issue on 14.04.1. I'm using a Radeon 7850 for reference.

This is my output from trying the command line install. matt@matt-MS-7721:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
fglrx-updates : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-15
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
matt@matt-MS-7721:~$

matt@matt-MS-7721:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'xserver-xorg-core' instead of 'xorg-video-abi-15'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
matt@matt-MS-7721:~$

matt@matt-MS-7721:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
matt@matt-MS-7721:~$