Ok, this is a weird one.
Using a HP Pavillion Slimline using Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 with the driver 304.128 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Results from running
lshw
Show the following (not sure if all/any of this is relevant):
description: Desktop Computer
product: s5602la (BM437AA#ABM)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: Chassis Version
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=103C_53316J G=D sku=BM437AA#ABM uuid=8088F359-CB59-1610-A395-8546BA7CF8F9
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 2A99
vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
physical id: 0
version: 6.01
serial: 107396950000153
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 6.13
date: 09/08/2010
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
…
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP61 High Definition Audio
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:22 memory:fbff8000-fbffbfff
…
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:21 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f9000000-f9ffffff memory:fbfc0000-fbfdffff
I wanted to play League of Legends, so I successfully installed PlayOnLinux and LoL itself. I had VERY low FPS (around 10, tops) so I started looking for an answer to that. The only thing I could deduce that was missing for more FPS was a newer nvidia driver, so I tried installing version 331 (I was currently using 304).
I did this from terminal:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331 nvidia-331-updates
The installation for the 331 driver was unsuccessful, I got the blackscreen login loop, which I fixed by rebooting in recovery mode and then purging nvidia drivers and reinstalling 304 back again. I get an error message, stating that '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg' couldn't be overwritten and libvdpau1_1.1 gave an error code (1)
I tried removing both files from terminal using the 'rm' command and tried fixing it again with
sudo apt-get install -f
with the same results:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libvdpau1
Suggested packages:
nvidia-vdpau-driver vdpau-driver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libvdpau1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 45 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/26.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 120 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 1403913 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives /libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Aftre the -f command, I got the same error as above. Also, I get the 'Error: BrokenCount > 0' warning.
When trying to use the Ubuntu Software Center it said I can't install or update since my system is broken, along with this message: 'New software can't be installed, because there is a problem with the software currently installed. Do you want to repair this problem now?' I clicked on 'repair' and got this: 'Package operation failed. The installation or removal of a software package failed.' along with:
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Preparing to unpack .../libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives /libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.1-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1_amd64.deb
Error in function:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-settings:
nvidia-settings depends on libvdpau1; however:
Package libvdpau1:amd64 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-settings (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Then the Software Center crashed, and I got the following message: 'The package system is broken. Check if you are using third party repositories.'
Not sure if this extra info is useful, but when running
lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 12
I get the following:
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a99]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fbfc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Also, when I input
sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a:
I get this information:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:21 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f9000000-f9ffffff memory:fbfc0000-fbfdffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
uname: invalid option -- ':'
Try 'uname --help' for more information.
So:
- How can I fix this?
- Can driver 331 be installed?
Thanks a lot!
uname -a
Linux alfredo-s5602la 3.13.0-66-generic #108-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 15:20:27 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau1
[sudo] password for alfredo:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'libvdpau1' is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-settings : Depends: libvdpau1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libjansson4 libxnvctrl0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libvdpau1
Suggested packages:
nvidia-vdpau-driver vdpau-driver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libvdpau1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/27.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 124 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 1403926 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libvdpau1_1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libvdpau1:amd64 (1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite shared '/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg', which is different from other instances of package libvdpau1:amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libvdpau1_1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
apt-cache policy libvdpau1
libvdpau1:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1
Version table:
1.1.1-0ubuntu0~gpu14.04.1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
0.7-1ubuntu0.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.7-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
sudo dpkg -r --force-all libvdpau1:amd64
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove libvdpau1:amd64, only the config
files of which are on the system; use --purge to remove them too
sudo apt-get purge libvdpau1
[sudo] password for alfredo:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-settings : Depends: libvdpau1 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or secify a solution).
libvdpau1
package.sudo apt-get remove libvdpau1
and add the output to your question by edit your question and not my answer =). We will reinstall the packages later again.apt-cache policy libvdpau1
sudo dpkg -r --force-all libvdpau1:amd64
sudo apt-get install nvidia-304 nvidia-304-updates
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