Nvidia/Envy Problems

[krj81]

Hi folks. I'm banging my head with this problem. I can't get my nvidia drivers working.

Trying to install Envyng after failing to activate drivers via the Administration -> Hardware Drivers menu, I get this:


krjackson@home:~$ sudo apt-get install envyng-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
envyng-core
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/122kB of archives.
After this operation, 930kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package envyng-core.
(Reading database ... 198339 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking envyng-core (from .../envyng-core_2.0.1ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.20-0ubuntu5) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing nvidia-173-kernel-source (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-glx-173:
nvidia-glx-173 depends on nvidia-173-kernel-source (>= 173.14.20); however:
Package nvidia-173-kernel-source is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx-173 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up envyng-core (2.0.1ubuntu3) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-173-kernel-source
nvidia-glx-173
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
krjackson@home:~$ sudo dpkg --configure nvidia-173-kernel-source
Setting up nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.20-0ubuntu5) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing nvidia-173-kernel-source (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-173-kernel-sourceBeing an idiot when I get under the hood with Linux, I have no idea how to fix this. After searching the forums and Google, I'm still at a loss. I can't remove the packages with Synaptic or the command-line.

Any assistance you gurus can offer will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[ahso4271]

Read.....something is not installed
nvidia-173-kernel-source

[krj81]

Read.....something is not installed
nvidia-173-kernel-source Well, that is only partially true. It sees it as not installed, but when I try to install that package it fails because of the post-installation script error. It is partially installed though. I can't remove it through apt or Synaptic for the same error. However, it is all moot at this point.

In an aggravated and rum-induced moment of bravery/stupidity, I just manually searched for and deleted every file with 'nvidia' in the file name. I then installed envy, but it encountered an error too, probably because of the indiscriminate nvidia file deletion.

So, I downloaded (again) the nvidia driver installer and ran it. It encountered no error and works great. I'd still like to know what went wonky before though...