[mythtv-users] Does anyone know how to fix duff install ofAvenard Resposity / NVIDIA 1.95 On Mythbuntu 9.10?

[greg]

Tortise wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Does anyone know how to fix duff install 
> ofAvenard Resposity / NVIDIA 1.95 On Mythbuntu 9.10?
>
>> Having said that, the avenard bit was the easiest.  How on earth 
>> could you get that bit wrong?
>
> Well....this is how by command line.
>
> This is on a new mythbuntu 9.10 install, where default nvidia driver 
> was selected during intial install process and nothing more.
> Initial update done, keys and repo added as per 
> http://www.avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_Repository/Ubuntu_Repository.html 
> and sudo apt-get update done ok.
> Checking MCC the 185 driver is already activated by default
>
> :~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-185 nvidia-185-libvdpau 
> nvidia-185-kernel-source
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> nvidia-glx-185 is already the newest version.
> nvidia-185-libvdpau is already the newest version.
> nvidia-185-kernel-source is already the newest version.
> nvidia-185-kernel-source set to manually installed.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
>
> :~$ sudo apt-get install libvdpau1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>  vdpau-driver-all
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  libvdpau1 vdpau-driver-all
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
> Need to get 27.8kB of archives.
> After this operation, 172kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> Get:1 http://www.avenard.org karmic/release vdpau-driver-all 
> 0.3-0ubuntu3 [4,550B]
> Get:2 http://www.avenard.org karmic/release libvdpau1 0.3-0ubuntu3 
> [23.2kB]
> Fetched 27.8kB in 1s (15.8kB/s)
> Selecting previously deselected package vdpau-driver-all.
> (Reading database ... 106038 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking vdpau-driver-all (from 
> .../vdpau-driver-all_0.3-0ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package libvdpau1.
> Unpacking libvdpau1 (from .../libvdpau1_0.3-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_0.3-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1', which is also in package 
> nvidia-185-libvdpau 0:185.18.36-0ubuntu9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_0.3-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Reboot - default display driver now runs as there is now an X problem.
> Go into synaptic and remove the broken packages using the filter.
> Select nvidia-glx-195 and install.
> Reboot.
> Continue installing....
>
> Perhaps someone can see what a number of us are doing wrong here?  
> Still the above works, just probably not quite as might have been 
> intended.
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I just installed the 190.53 driver..

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190 nvidia-settings

It went with out any problems....