Source: glx-alternatives Version: 0.2.90 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
There is a severe problem with the libGL diversion strategy as exists at present. The desktop is rendered inoperable after any change in the packaging, due to the diversion in glx-diversions being replaced by the actual lib from libgl1-mesa-glx. This is because gnome- session-bin and other "current" parts of the gnome desktop have a hardcoded dependency on libgl1-mesa-glx (or the virtual libgl1). This means the gnome desktop in 3.8 is NOT co-installable with nvidia graphics drivers, a situation this diversion was meant to prevent. The only fix is to re-run "update-alternatives --configure glx", which re- replaces the symlink diversion however, if gnome is about to progress beyond experimental, it is likely this is about to become a critical pain point. I read bug 389971, on the reasons the nvidia-glx* packages don't directly provide libgl1, but it may be that unless the gnome team changes their libgl deps, this might be the only solution (or, alternatively, making the glx-alternatives packages provide libgl1?) It should be noted, that the nvidia alternative clearly *works*, however, making it so is pretty challenging. Info on my system as it stands at present: # dpkg --search /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 diversion by glx-diversions from: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 diversion by glx-diversions to: /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux- gnu/libGL.so.1 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 # dpkg --remove libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64: gnome-session-bin depends on libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1; however: Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 is to be removed. Package libgl1 is not installed. Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 which provides libgl1 is to be removed. libvisual-0.4-plugins:amd64 depends on libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1; however: Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 is to be removed. Package libgl1 is not installed. Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 which provides libgl1 is to be removed. libglew1.7:amd64 depends on libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1; however: Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 is to be removed. Package libgl1 is not installed. Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 which provides libgl1 is to be removed. enblend depends on libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1; however: Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 is to be removed. Package libgl1 is not installed. Package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 which provides libgl1 is to be removed. mplayer depends on libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1; however: Package libgl1-me dpkg: error processing libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 Thanks Christian -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (501, 'unstable'), (499, 'testing'), (399, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
