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Embarrassingly, I reported a bug that was in fact my own doing.

Non-standard packages

How can I safely remove the 11.0~git packages and replace them (if necessary) with Ubuntu provided mesa as suggested in the comment on the bug report?

I tried selecting them all for removal but they want to take out nearly every package in the system along with them.

I believe (although not certain) that they came from this repo I see in the list, disabled during the upgrade:

$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa
Updating packages lists
PPA to be removed: paulo-miguel-dias mesa
Warning:  Could not find package list for PPA: paulo-miguel-dias mesa

The offending PPA seems to be http://ppa.launchpad.net/paulo-miguel-dias/mesa/ubuntu

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  • Look into ppa-purge.
    – fkraiem
    May 24, 2016 at 5:01
  • You'll have to provide the details on what PPA repository you added, but you basically run ppa-purge ppa/name
    – xangua
    May 24, 2016 at 5:02
  • Not sure where you got your drivers from. Are they from the oibaf PPA?
    – edwinksl
    May 24, 2016 at 5:14
  • Must be this one: ppa.launchpad.net/paulo-miguel-dias/mesa/ubuntu I'll try that with ppa-purge, thanks.
    – TenLeftFingers
    May 24, 2016 at 10:02
  • @TenLeftFingers I see, let me update my answer to reflect that.
    – edwinksl
    May 24, 2016 at 15:56

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Install PPA Purge using sudo apt install ppa-purge. Then use ppa-purge to purge the offending PPA (padoka PPA) and restore the files that are found in the Ubuntu repositories by using sudo ppa-purge ppa:paulo-miguel-dias/mesa.

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  • I'm not having much luck with that, updating the question with more info to see if it makes things clearer. Thanks.
    – TenLeftFingers
    May 24, 2016 at 10:10
  • @TenLeftFingers Let me know if that works.
    – edwinksl
    May 24, 2016 at 17:29
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    Works a treat. Not sure why the same command didn't work yesterday but I'm up and running with Unity 8 on the desktop now. Thank you!
    – TenLeftFingers
    May 25, 2016 at 21:22

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