Same thing here with nvidia-180 driver or any other nvidia driver for
that matter:
[~] λ = uname -a
Linux alinrus-laptop 2.6.38-020638rc3-generic #201102010912 SMP Tue Feb 1
09:14:19 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[src] λ = sudo aptitude install nvidia-180-kernel-source nvidia-180-libvdpau
nvidia-glx-180
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nvidia-180-kernel-source nvidia-180-libvdpau nvidia-185-kernel-source{a}
nvidia-185-libvdpau{a} nvidia-current{a} nvidia-glx-180 nvidia-glx-185{a}
0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 58.5 kB/46.2 MB of archives. After unpacking 143 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-8 which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) xorg
2) xserver-xorg
3) xserver-xorg-core
4) xserver-xorg-input-all
5) xserver-xorg-input-evdev
6) xserver-xorg-input-mouse
7) xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
8) xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
9) xserver-xorg-input-wacom
10) xserver-xorg-video-all
11) xserver-xorg-video-apm
12) xserver-xorg-video-ark
13) xserver-xorg-video-ati
14) xserver-xorg-video-chips
15) xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
16) xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
17) xserver-xorg-video-i128
18) xserver-xorg-video-intel
19) xserver-xorg-video-mach64
20) xserver-xorg-video-mga
21) xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
22) xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
23) xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
24) xserver-xorg-video-r128
25) xserver-xorg-video-radeon
26) xserver-xorg-video-rendition
27) xserver-xorg-video-s3
28) xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
29) xserver-xorg-video-savage
30) xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
31) xserver-xorg-video-sis
32) xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
33) xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
34) xserver-xorg-video-trident
35) xserver-xorg-video-tseng
36) xserver-xorg-video-vesa
37) xserver-xorg-video-vmware
38) xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
39) gdm recommends xserver-xorg
40) xinit recommends xserver-xorg | xserver
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
nvidia-current removes xserver-xorg package during installation
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