I believe this can be classified as resolved; at least for the open
source community :)

The proprietary NVIDIA driver, changes the script of certain files that
were remodified to their new defaults, by the update process; but only
slightly. It appears that for some unexplained (as of yet) reason, this
faulting of ownership of files, leads to the non Ubuntu standard (but
still open source in nature) program - VirtualBox - to hang the
/etc/group file and destroy it. But ONLY if VirtualBox is running during
the update process! At least with my particular setup.

I should also note here that the NVIDIA driver is the latest
experimental release; and that at time of download for use with my
system, my card was not listed as being supported...(it works; but is
not supported)...

When prompted during update (with VirtualBox running), if I want to keep
my modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf file or update to the new settings is
when things hung for me. Just error and continue install of the rest of
the updates, no chance to accept or deny changing of xorg.conf file
(VirtualBox crashes at this  point as well). If not running VirtualBox
during update, everything goes smooth as butter; well, except having to
restart after updates complete, and reinstall the skipped xorg update
caused by the modifications by the NVIDIA driver install!

So this can probably be summed up as a PEBKAC bug. (Problem Exists
Between Keyboard And Chair) - In that DO NOT run other applications
while installing 200+ updates! And - DO NOT buy proprietary coded video
cards! LOL

If NVIDIA had open source drivers, I would more than likely never had
this problem; as they would not have caused such a ruckus during update
times!

The previous errors mentioned in my original posting were from the
NVIDIA driver as well, but before this, they always worked themselves
out... upon restart.

Again, Thank You BRIAN - YOU ROCK!

I wrote a nice posting on my Blog about my experience as well! If I
should not post my blog link here, please be kind and edit it out and
post to me that it is not allowed. I do not want to get kicked off, as I
would love to stick around and take my knowledge of Linux to the GURU-
elevation!

blog url: http://www.foxholeunderground.com


Thanks; Jeremy Riley

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