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c901906
January 26th, 2011, 06:03 PM
Upgrade 10.04 to 10.10 fails: Package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau broken Depends

Upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 failed on a Dell 530 with NVidia graphics. Log entries below.

This is too much information: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/614993

I'm hesitant because it sounds like I may accidentally disable my video.

Any better understanding of the problem or should I just wait?

TIA!
Adam.

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

This log file entry from "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log" appears to be the problem:

Package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau has broken Depends on xorg-video-abi-8.0
Considering xserver-xorg-core 81 as a solution to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 2
Holding Back xserver-xorg-video-nouveau rather than change xorg-video-abi-8.0
zvacet
January 29th, 2011, 08:30 AM
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


sudo dpkg --configure -a
c901906
February 2nd, 2011, 05:23 PM
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


sudo dpkg --configure -a

zvacet,

Thank you for responding. I still get the error (below). More people are posting to 614993 so I will just wait for it to sort itself out.

Thanks again!
Adam.

Package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau has broken Depends on xorg-video-abi-8.0
Considering xserver-xorg-core 81 as a solution to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 2
Holding Back xserver-xorg-video-nouveau rather than change xorg-video-abi-8.0
h.aling
February 12th, 2011, 12:18 PM
I had the same error and fixed it by removing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau prior to the dist upgrade:


sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
c901906
February 17th, 2011, 04:01 PM
I had the same error and fixed it by removing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau prior to the dist upgrade:


sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Thanks for responding.

Yes, that worked for me. I have a dual monitor setup on my nVidia card and was afraid I might break it. The upgrade worked flawlessly after I removed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau.