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<td>Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia upgrade woes</td>
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<td>Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:25:13 +0100</td>
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<td>Andy Wootton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk"><andy.wootton@bcs.org.uk></a></td>
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<td>Wolverhampton Linux User Group
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk"><wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk></a></td>
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<pre>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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