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KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 09:36 PM
I currently believe that I have Nvidia driver installed. It has been sort of hard because I have the graphics with the optimus technology and so i've been having to use bumblebee. but supposedly nvidia was going to come out with a new driver so I was trying to install and update so I did as follows:


sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

simple enough right? but then I got this response, I'm no expert so I don't know if I messed up or what this really even means. I have an idea... but I'm not absolutely positive.


E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Can anybody help me decipher this?

sudodus
November 30th, 2012, 09:42 PM
I get this error message, if I have another installation program open, for example Synaptic. If this is the case, close that program and try again.

kc1di
November 30th, 2012, 09:43 PM
Hi KaisaUbun2,

run the following commands in a terminal and see if you can then install.


sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update

KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 09:54 PM
I get this error message, if I have another installation program open, for example Synaptic. If this is the case, close that program and try again.

Yeap, completely forgot I was running updates in the background, and had the synaptic manager open so the Updates weren't going either. Thanks, I did not know those bar each other.

Everyday is an opportunity to learn. However, I will not mark this as solved till the updates conclude and I get a chance to run the Nvidia command again. However, thank you ahead of time.

Rockfreak101
November 30th, 2012, 09:55 PM
I was having a similar problem. I used "additional drivers" to find the proper drivers for my Nvidia Geforce 650M. Once I did so, I received an error message stating it wasn't installed successfully. When I rebooted my computer my desktop border/start menu has completely disappeared. I used this tactic to ensure I have the proper drivers, but I still have not gotten my border/start menu back.

What can I do?

KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 09:57 PM
I wonder though... can I install things simultaneously on separate virtual desktops?

KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 09:59 PM
I was having a similar problem. I used "additional drivers" to find the proper drivers for my Nvidia Geforce 650M. Once I did so, I received an error message stating it wasn't installed successfully. When I rebooted my computer my desktop border/start menu has completely disappeared. I used this tactic to ensure I have the proper drivers, but I still have not gotten my border/start menu back.

What can I do?

I wouldn't use the additional drivers thing. While it is a nice addition it lacks in ability. I'd re-install the Nvidia drivers.

Rockfreak101
November 30th, 2012, 10:05 PM
I did. I followed the suggestion above, and I'm still having the same issue.

I realize I shouldn't have used "additional drivers" after it was too late.

KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 10:06 PM
I was having a similar problem. I used "additional drivers" to find the proper drivers for my Nvidia Geforce 650M. Once I did so, I received an error message stating it wasn't installed successfully. When I rebooted my computer my desktop border/start menu has completely disappeared. I used this tactic to ensure I have the proper drivers, but I still have not gotten my border/start menu back.

What can I do?

uhm do this


sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current nvidia-settings nvidia-common

then run


apt-cache policy nvidia-current nvidia-common nvidia-settings

post the output, if it comes back something like this


nvidia-current:
Installed: 302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup1
nvidia-common:
Installed: 1:0.2.44
nvidia-settings:
Installed: 302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup3

I don't think your problem is with the driver

Unless you haven't installed bumblebee. I am assuming the 650 runs optimus as well?

Rockfreak101
November 30th, 2012, 10:15 PM
Here is what I get. (I'm sorry its so long)
nvidia-current:
Installed: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
nvidia-common:
Installed: 1:0.2.71.1
Candidate: 1:0.2.71.1
Version table:
*** 1:0.2.71.1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:0.2.71 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
nvidia-settings:
Installed: 304.51-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 304.51-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 304.51-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

So it looks like its not the drivers. I will continue searching the forums. . .

KaisaUbun2
November 30th, 2012, 10:18 PM
Here is what I get. (I'm sorry its so long)
nvidia-current:
Installed: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
nvidia-common:
Installed: 1:0.2.71.1
Candidate: 1:0.2.71.1
Version table:
*** 1:0.2.71.1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:0.2.71 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
nvidia-settings:
Installed: 304.51-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 304.51-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 304.51-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

So it looks like its not the drivers. I will continue searching the forums. . .

Yeah that looks good, so it's not the Nvidia Drivers. generally even without bumblebee or ironhide this should work. You might just want to check your appearance settings, sometimes it's just a small detail that you may have changed by accident. Happens to me all the time.