pumpkinslayer
May 9th, 2011, 08:02 PM
After upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04 the nvidia drivers are all messed up again. My video card requires the nvidia-96 drivers. These were installed
If I try to install the drivers through the Ubuntu Software Center it tells me there are dependecies for the nvidia-96 driver that could not be found (or something like that).
Using Synaptic Package Manager it tells me these packages need to be removed to install the nvidia-96 drivers.
ubuntu-desktop
xorg
xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-mouse
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
xserver-xorg-input-wacom
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-apm
xserver-xorg-video-ark
xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-geode
xserver-xorg-video-i128
xserver-xorg-video-740
xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-mach64
xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nv
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-qxl
xserver-xorg-video-r128
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-rendition
xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
xserver-xorg-video-sis
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng
xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vmware
xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
Should I just go ahead and install the drivers through Synaptic Package Manager and remove those packages as it suggests?
The removal of ubuntu-desktop and all of xorg sounds a little ominous (I'm new to all this). Any help would be appreciated. What next step should I take?
Oh, when I try to install using the command line I get:
nvidia-96 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-8.0 but it is not available
Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed
If I try to install the drivers through the Ubuntu Software Center it tells me there are dependecies for the nvidia-96 driver that could not be found (or something like that).
Using Synaptic Package Manager it tells me these packages need to be removed to install the nvidia-96 drivers.
ubuntu-desktop
xorg
xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-mouse
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
xserver-xorg-input-wacom
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-apm
xserver-xorg-video-ark
xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-geode
xserver-xorg-video-i128
xserver-xorg-video-740
xserver-xorg-video-intel
xserver-xorg-video-mach64
xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nv
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-qxl
xserver-xorg-video-r128
xserver-xorg-video-radeon
xserver-xorg-video-rendition
xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
xserver-xorg-video-sis
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng
xserver-xorg-video-vesa
xserver-xorg-video-vmware
xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
Should I just go ahead and install the drivers through Synaptic Package Manager and remove those packages as it suggests?
The removal of ubuntu-desktop and all of xorg sounds a little ominous (I'm new to all this). Any help would be appreciated. What next step should I take?
Oh, when I try to install using the command line I get:
nvidia-96 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-8.0 but it is not available
Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed