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[Aaron Taggert <Aaron.Taggert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[alt@Utopic Documents]$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia-331
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.16.0-17 linux-headers-3.16.0-17-generic linux-image-3.16.0-17-generic linux-image-extra-3.16.0-17-generic linux-signed-image-3.16.0-17-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-331
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 182 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

(Reading database ... 217406 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-331 (331.89-0ubuntu5) ...
stop: Unknown job: nvidia-persistenced
userdel: user nvidia-persistenced is currently used by process 1739
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-331 (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 8
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-331
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1378949

Title:
  package nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 8

Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Tried to switch to using NVIDIA binary driver - version 331.89 from
  nvidia-331-updates (proprietary)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-21.28-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct  8 12:05:05 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:nvidia-331:331.89-0ubuntu5:subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 8
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 8
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-02 (919 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331
  Title: package nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 8
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia.331.hybrid.conf: [deleted]

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