package nvidia-glx None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

Jeff:
Thank you for your bug report. Did you install either of Envy/Automatrix or manually install the NVIDIA drivers?

Manual install via aptitude.

Thanks.

Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Jeff:
> Thank you for your bug report. Did you install either of Envy/Automatrix or manually install the NVIDIA drivers?
>
> ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>

Jeff:
From the regular repositories?

Correct. Enabled universe and multiverse for all the ubuntu repos.
Here's a copy of my sources.list. I have no additions to that in
sources.list.d/ I figure this is something to do with files being owned
by nvidia-glx-new that nvidia-glx is trying to get rid of.

Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Jeff:
> >From the regular repositories?
>
>

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free
deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free

Jeff:
That doesn't count as a "manual" install : ) Setting bug back to new as information was supplied.

I'm not sure if this is related, but this was the only place my search turned up anything relevant. I'm having an issue purging the below package. Because it's apparently marked in my database for removal, any other updates I wish to process fail because this runs first.

(Reading database ... 100063 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ecj-gcj ...
gcj-dbtool-4.1: symbol lookup error: gcj-dbtool-4.1: undefined symbol: _Jv_charClass
dpkg: error processing ecj-gcj (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Removing ecj ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ecj-gcj
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up gjdoc (0.7.7-7build1) ...
gcj-dbtool-4.1: symbol lookup error: gcj-dbtool-4.1: undefined symbol: _Jv_charClass
dpkg: error processing gjdoc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Having the same problem.

Best guess is that nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-new are stepping on each others toes. Doesn't affect performance but shows up as a residual config.

I'm having the same issue. Looking at the nvidia-glx.postrm in /var/lib/dpkg/info shows that it is trying to revert back to the xlibmesa version of the Open GL libraries, however they are currently owned by nvidia-glx-new.

Perhaps the attached patch can fix this - by checking if the files are owned by nvidia-glx?

I am having the same problem. In the meantime is it possible for someone to post how one can just get rid of the residual config item?

A possible workaround (I've removed mine by applying the patched version to /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-glx.postrm so I can't test this) however it might work by:

1. removing nvidia-glx-new
2. purging/removing nvidia-glx
3. reinstall nvidia-glx-new

There may be a catch with this (which results in the same error occurring) - in that the files will be owned by xlibmesa instead of nvidia-glx. In this case you can try reinstalling nvidia-glx, then purging/removing (the setting up of the ownership of these files is done by the preinst script).

Same problem here.

The workaround of Kirk Turner fixes the bug for me.

Here is the debdiff for this patch. It is slightly different to the previous one given that it is working for all the nvidia drivers - and does an explicit check for the package name matching.

may i help by saying that i solved that same problem on my machine with these commands :

sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1
sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libGLcore.so
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

This bug was fixed in the package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24.9-8.20

---------------
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24.9-8.20) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Timo Aaltonen ]
  * nvidia-glx*:
    - When using the nvidia-settings binary for storing
      values in xorg.conf it clutters up the file with unneeded settings,
      and some are just plain wrong nowadays (the mouse device for
      instance). So, don't ship the version included in the drivers, instead
      Suggest nvidia-settings -package (again), and fix the issues there.
    - Don't ship nvidia-settings.desktop, only the .png file.
      Nvidia-settings will include the desktop-file.
  * rules:
    - Enable fglrx for -rt (LP: #182242)
  * rules, control.stub.in:
    - Enable -server flavor. (LP: #153011)
  * dvb:
    - Add dvb-usb-bluebird-01.fw (LP: #90723)
    - Add dvb-fe-tda10046.fw (LP: #107090)
  * ati: Update fglrx to 8-02. (LP: #173663, #189772)
  * {nvidia-glx,nvidia-glx-dev,xorg-driver-fglrx}.postrm.in
    - Check that the diverted file actually belongs to the current package
      before trying to remove the diversion. Thanks to Kirk Turner and
      Alberto Milone for patches, and Michael Vogt for review!
      (LP: #36625, #130208, #175789)
  * nvidia-glx.{preinst,postrm}.in, rules:
    - Fix the path of libglx.so.
  * rules:
    - Unexport CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to cope with the new dpkg-buildpackage.

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/lrm-video: Add support for EnvyNG.

 -- Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:57:44 +0200

Hi jander99,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

I think I need to reopen this bug. I have a system that I upgraded from 5.10 incrementally all the way to 8.10. I was recently cleaning up some residual config files and ran across this nvidia-glx problem. In my case, it is conflicting with the nvidia-glx-177. I know it used to run nvidia-glx-new at some time in the past with a different video card. Here is the output of the removal error messages:
E: nvidia-glx: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2

(Reading database ... 223268 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-glx ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-glx ...
dpkg-divert: mismatch on package
  when removing `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx'
  found `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 to /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa by nvidia-glx-177'
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-glx
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

Any help would be appreciated.

Just as a follow up, I have never installed video drivers using envy or any of the other scripts. Everything came from the official Ubuntu repos.
Thanks.