package nvidia-331-updates not uninstalling cleanly
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
It keeps asking to be reinstalled so that it can be uninstalled cleanly. Only using Ctrl-Alt-F2 allows access to terminal for this. After complying, this crash report and only a partially functioning unity.
1410 x64
Attempting to wind back failed installation of nvidia driver 331-updates.
after purge and reinstallation of xserver-
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: nvidia-331-updates (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 5 13:51:48 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: nvidia-
Title: package nvidia-331-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.
| Richard Leckinger (caraka) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
| Richard Leckinger (caraka) wrote | #2 |
This may be a corner case. Cruft left in my home directory (nvidia related) may have been the cause of the unity/dash failure to materialise. Creating an alternative user and testing it proved the issue was in my profile, so it looks like apt-get purge -f nvidia-331-updates, which is what I did following the circular loop that generated this bug, almost worked.
Deleting the .nv and the .nvidia-settings-rc from the .conf folder in my profile liberated it and normal activity has resumed. This was accomplished by logging in at tty2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) having arrived at the blank (wallpaper) screen after initial login. (tty7).