[Wolves] Fwd: Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia upgrade woes

[Andy Wootton]

On 08/07/14 23:30, Dave wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> It's been a while since I posted anything on the Wolves list!
> I had the same issue with the Sony Vaio VGC-V2M I still have, but I no
> longer use it, because the 331 drivers are so terrible in both Unity and
> GNOME 3, I went and purchased a new PC, with a GTX-650 GPU by Nvidia,
> and now I run the GTX-750ti which runs as sweet as a nut, and so does
> the GTX-650, but I do have this said GPU up for grabs.
>
> Have you tried the PPA by XSWAT? I know that they keep the legacy
> drivers on there.
>   
> Dave
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> On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 21:43 +0100, Andy Wootton wrote:
>> Try again
>>
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>>                            Subject:
>> Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia upgrade woes
>>                               Date:
>> Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:25:13 +0100
>>                               From:
>> Andy Wootton
>> <andy.wootton at bcs.org.uk>
>>                                 To:
>> Wolverhampton Linux User Group
>> <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>>
>>
>> My test upgrade to 14.04 on my Eee PC went without any serious issues,
>> so I decided to press ahead with a Revo 3600 that I use regularly as my
>> 'quick web browse' box. BUT it has an Nvidia card. The last 2 Ubuntu
>> updates have unhelpfully ignored my preference for Nvidia's proprietary
>> binary drivers that 'just work' by installing the Nvidia drivers that
>> "don't". I worked this out last time but this time something has gone
>> horribly wrong. I tried to install the drivers from the command line but
>> when I tried to reboot, I get only a desktop on which I can create
>> folders or text files to my hearts content - but nothing else. I can
>> only get a command line with <CTRL>/<ALT>/<F1> back to the console.
>>
>> I seem to have a half-installed nvidia-331 that I can't remove. I get
>> "stop: Unknown instance:
>> userdel: existing lock file /etc/subuid.lock without a PID
>> userdel: cannot lock /etc/subuid: try again later." from aptget remove
>> and I can't install because it already 'is'.
>>
>> then it says the post-removal script returns error exit status 16, which
>> I take to be due to the lock and dpkg returns 1.
>> I've tried every apt* fix or purge command I know but I don't know much.
>>
>> Does anyone know an appropriate spell for such an occasion?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Woo
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Dave,

Thanks. I've no reason for thinking the drivers wouldn't work. They were 
fine before the Ubuntu upgrade installed Neouveau over the top. My issue 
is that I can't install or uninstall them because they are half 
installed. I guess I'm looking for some sort of apt sledgehammer :)

Woo