@giardia: Interesting... I had not noticed because I hadn't run mplayer since the previous install of 96.43.23. So my log doesn't show the error. Now that I've reinstalled libvdpau, I suspect that the next reinstall of 96.43.23 will show the same.
However, I do see these: $ cat nvidia-installer.log |grep libGL -> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 (File exists). -> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 (File exists). -> Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so -> mesa/libGL.so (File exists). $ locate libGL.so /usr/lib/libGL.so /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.96.43.23 $ ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 27 16:50 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 27 16:50 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.96.43.23 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 564468 Sep 27 16:50 /usr/lib/libGL.so.96.43.23 $ ldd `which /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p` | grep libGL libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x00110000) libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0x00fee000) $ ls -al /usr/lib/libGLcore* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Sep 27 16:50 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.96.43.23 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8961144 Sep 27 16:50 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.96.43.23 After reinstalling all of my mesa packages: $ locate libGL.so /usr/lib/libGL.so /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.96.43.23 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1.2 $ ls -al /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Sep 10 16:37 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 10 16:37 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 358232 Sep 10 16:38 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/948053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs