upgrade failure from older nvidia release
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
|
High
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
snapd (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
The following error happens when upgrading the nvidia driver:
"""
> Preparing to unpack
> .../nvidia-
> Failed to stop var-lib-
> var-lib-
> dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit
> status 5
> dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/
eb
> (--unpack):
> there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
> Failed to get unit file state for var-lib-
> file or directory
> var-lib-
> dpkg: regarding
> .../nvidia-
> nvidia-
> nvidia-
> nvidia-
> installed.
"""
in yakkety.
I think what happend here is that we had a buggy version of nvidia in
xenial-proposed (and maybe yakkety) for a brief time. This version
contained the var-lib-
have cleanup script for this.
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in snapd (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.