enigma9o7
July 13th, 2018, 05:50 AM
Fresh install of lubuntu 18.04 on old desktop pc with nvidia 6100 graphics. Default drivers are flickering and doing all sorts of weird stuff constantly. Searched and found I need nvidia drivers version 304 last updated 2017. Followed procedure -
added repo: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
and updated: sudo apt update
I tried to: sudo apt install nvidia-304
but got the output pasted in box below.
I tried to install from synaptic, and it gives me a list of all my apps and says they have to be uninstalled.
I ran: ubuntu-drivers devices
and got:
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000242sv0000105Bsd00000CAFbc03sc00 i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : C51G [GeForce 6100]
driver : nvidia-304 - third-party free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
I ran: sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
and got the same output as when I tried to apt install nvidia-304 myself.
sudo apt install nvidia-304
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-304 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-23
Depends: xserver-xorg-core but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
user@Winfast:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000242sv0000105Bsd00000CAFbc03sc00 i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : C51G [GeForce 6100]
driver : nvidia-304 - third-party free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
user@Winfast:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-304 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-23
Depends: xserver-xorg-core but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
added repo: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
and updated: sudo apt update
I tried to: sudo apt install nvidia-304
but got the output pasted in box below.
I tried to install from synaptic, and it gives me a list of all my apps and says they have to be uninstalled.
I ran: ubuntu-drivers devices
and got:
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000242sv0000105Bsd00000CAFbc03sc00 i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : C51G [GeForce 6100]
driver : nvidia-304 - third-party free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
I ran: sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
and got the same output as when I tried to apt install nvidia-304 myself.
sudo apt install nvidia-304
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-304 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-23
Depends: xserver-xorg-core but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
user@Winfast:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000242sv0000105Bsd00000CAFbc03sc00 i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : C51G [GeForce 6100]
driver : nvidia-304 - third-party free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
user@Winfast:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-304 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-15 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-18 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-19 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-20 but it is not installable or
xorg-video-abi-23
Depends: xserver-xorg-core but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.