package libvdpau1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64

Bug #1919318 reported by Faisal Rehman
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Bug Description

I installed ubuntu on btrfs file system. And gpu is nvidia gt 630 gigabyte. I installed xserver-xorg390 driver and there is no nvidia control panel in my system after installing this driver. And this bug come.I was installing wine and pulseeffects from ubuntu store.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: libvdpau1 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-45.51-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Tue Mar 16 17:13:27 2021
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: groovy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] [10de:0f00] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GF108 [GeForce GT 630] [1458:3544]
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-45-generic root=UUID=f6eb795e-7bfa-4187-9e68-28856a534437 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.6, python3-minimal, 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2
 apt 2.1.10ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: libvdpau
Title: package libvdpau1 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/28/2011
dmi.bios.release: 6.11
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6.11
dmi.board.name: 2AB1
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.11:bd12/28/2011:br6.11:svnHewlett-Packard:pn:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn2AB1:rvr1.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_53316J G=D
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.102-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200714-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

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Faisal Rehman (faisalurrehman234) wrote :
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Avital Ostromich (avital) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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