I got it to work by installing the old Nvidia driver from the restricted drivers (ver. 96), then rebooting.
After rebooting I installed the newer Nvidia (180.11) driver and it worked. It's not really a solution, but more of a workaround... Hope it helps. Shawn On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Bryce Harrington <br...@bryceharrington.org > wrote: > ** Description changed: > > I tried everything and nothing will let me install the driver > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: i386 > Dependencies: > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite > `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in package > xserver-xorg-core > Package: nvidia-glx-173 None > ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-9-generic (bui...@rothera) (gcc version > 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 > > SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 > Title: package nvidia-glx-173 None failed to install/upgrade: trying to > overwrite `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in > package xserver-xorg-core > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 > xkbcomp: > + > + [lspci] > + 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory > Controller Hub [8086:29a0] (rev 02) > + Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81ea] > + 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 > GT [10de:0402] (rev a1) > + Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:c751] > > -- > package nvidia-glx-173 None failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite > `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in package > xserver-xorg-core > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313656 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "nvidia-graphics-drivers-173" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > I tried everything and nothing will let me install the driver > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: i386 > Dependencies: > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite > `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in package > xserver-xorg-core > Package: nvidia-glx-173 None > ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-9-generic (bui...@rothera) (gcc version > 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 > > SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 > Title: package nvidia-glx-173 None failed to install/upgrade: trying to > overwrite `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in > package xserver-xorg-core > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 > xkbcomp: > > [lspci] > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller > Hub [8086:29a0] (rev 02) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81ea] > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 > GT [10de:0402] (rev a1) > Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:c751] > > -- Shawn -- package nvidia-glx-173 None failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so', which is also in package xserver-xorg-core https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
