[Wolves] Fwd: Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia upgrade woes

[Andy Wootton]

Try again


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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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