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[Bug 819365] Re: [oneiric] Error when enabling fglrx: "SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

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From: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:57:05 -0000
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 804709 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804709

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 804709
   jockey-backend crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Title:
  [oneiric] Error when enabling fglrx: "SystemError: E:Unable to correct
  problems, you have held broken packages."

Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Jockey finds correctly that proprietary fglrx driver is available for
  installation but when clicking the Enable button, it ends with the
  following error message:

  SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken
  packages.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.3-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug  1 17:24:03 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110731)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 8943G
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-7-generic root=UUID=3ef3d61d-7499-43dc-8e3b-54103ef765ae ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: jockey
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
  dmi.bios.version: V1.06
  dmi.board.name: SM83-CP
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvrV1.06:bd08/11/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire8943G:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer:rnSM83-CP:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 8943G
  dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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