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thegoonden
April 26th, 2012, 03:39 PM
EDIT: never mind the specifics below. How do I force apt-get or dpkg to install a package it doesn't want to?



In order to test a theory regarding 3d video issues (freezing on any 3d desktop, being it Unity or KDE, as reported by dozens of people and ignored), I want to try the last know working driver version....nvidia-173.....
When I try to install it, I get a warning that xorg-video-abi-10 is needed rather than the version that is installed.

Should I force the nvidia driver in and just trust that everything will link up, or should I try to downgrade the whole of xorg, or something in between?