libdrm2 broken dependencies; have followed troubleshooting but not fixed

Ted Bardusch ; Hello;

I show:
""
sysop@x1604:~$ apt depends libdrm2
libdrm2
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
sysop@x1604:~$ apt depends libdrm-common
E: No packages found
sysop@x1604:~$
""
Makes me consider this is not ubuntu proper packaging .
What are the origins ?
show us:
apt policy libdrm2 libdrm-common

-maybe just not so Yes-

Here's the output:
> apt depends libdrm2
libdrm2
  Depends: <libdrm-common> (>= 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1)
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
>

> apt depends libdrm-common
<libdrm-common>
>

> apt policy libdrm2 libdrm-common
libdrm2:
  Installed: 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Candidate: 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
     2.4.67-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
libdrm-common:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
>

Ted Bardusch ;' No.

What is of interest here is why you show a dependency for " <libdrm-common> (>= 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1)" whereas a default install ( mine) does not have this issue.

So we want to know what causes this dependency of yours. Where do the packages come from ?
So, post back the results of terminal command:
apt policy libdrm2 libdrm-common

See if this is a ubuntu issue at heart

-maybe no-

I did post the output of that command, I think the ellipsis has to be hit to show it. Here it is again:

> apt policy libdrm2 libdrm-common
libdrm2:
  Installed: 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Candidate: 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
     2.4.67-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
libdrm-common:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
>

And I get it's not likely a purely Ubuntu issue, and I don't know what added this weird dependency; I just want to be rid of it, and the PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure page didn't clear the problem. If I have to wipe & reinstall I will, but I hate to surrender.

Ted Bardusch ;'Well.

Now we know that the libdrm2 came from a git pull/
We know it is still in the system's archive directory ( got to be removed at some point to fix )
And I know from ' apt rdepends libdrm2 ' that it is related to the graphic's driver.

Now what results when we purge and reinstall ? we can simulate what will happen.
let's clean out the cache here 1st :
sudo apt clean

Now see what happens IF we were to purge libdrm2 :
sudo -s --purge autoremove libdrm2
where '-s' is simulate /

As would be good to know what is going to break when ibdrm2 is removed AND there is a problem re-installing the 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 500 version.

-leastways, what I think-

Thanks for the help, I greatly appreciate it!

Okay here's the output:

> sudo apt clean
> sudo apt-get -s --purge autoremove libdrm2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 i965-va-driver : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 intel-gpu-tools : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.61) but it is not going to be installed
 libcogl20 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.17) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-amdgpu1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.82+git20170725.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-intel1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-nouveau2 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-radeon1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libegl1-mesa : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgbm1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgl1-mesa-glx : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libqt5gui5 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 libxatracker2 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 plymouth : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 ubuntu-drivers-common : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-core : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-video-intel : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
>

Here's what I find truly odd: this system never had an AMD GPU, it's got an Intel on-board GPU, it had a GTX 610, it now has a GTX 1050. Where the "Radeon" in that list came from is beyond me.

Is there a way to just remove the X stuff and re-install it all, then I could even put the NVidia proprietary driver on and try it.

Ted Bardusch ; OK - but not really .

We have a list of what is effected .
I am all for trying to purge libdrm2 - if the system as is will allow - and re-installing libdrm2 .
sudo --purge autoremove libdrm2
sudo apt install libdrm2
I can anticipate the system will scream and holler with the removal of the affected package.
We will just have to play this by ear and see what we have to do .

Once we start this I will not be comfortable to re-boot until the package manager is consistent !

-the game is afoot-

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove libdrm2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 i965-va-driver : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 intel-gpu-tools : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.61) but it is not going to be installed
 libcogl20 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.17) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-amdgpu1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.82+git20170725.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-intel1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-nouveau2 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libdrm-radeon1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
 libegl1-mesa : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgbm1 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libgl1-mesa-glx : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 libqt5gui5 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 libxatracker2 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75) but it is not going to be installed
 plymouth : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 ubuntu-drivers-common : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-core : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-video-intel : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
> sudo apt install libdrm2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdrm2 is already the newest version (2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1).
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libdrm2 : Depends: libdrm-common (>= 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1) but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
>

Ted Bardusch ; Ouch !

Sorta stumped here and scratching my head how to move forward.
Is there any significant returns:
ls -al /var/cache/apt/archives/
sudo ls -al /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/

-sometimes I do wonder-

The recipe on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure nukes those, so:

 ls -al /var/cache/apt/archives/
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 36864 Aug 1 15:54 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 1 19:36 ..
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Aug 1 15:54 lock
drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Aug 1 08:35 partial
> sudo ls -al /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/
total 44
drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Aug 1 08:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 36864 Aug 1 15:54 ..
>

well Ted;
/archives is not an issue .
 To my mind that libdrm2 2.4.82+git20170731.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1 has got to go away .

All I can think to do presently is bite the bullet and drop down to a lower level.
What does
sudo dpkg -P libdrm2
do for us ?

keeping in mind if we are able to remove libdrm2, we must immediately replace it !
Maybe best as
sudo apt install --reinstall libdrm2

-a fine predicament we have here-

Man this is a pain, so grateful for your help, package managers are not my strong point. The command:

 sudo dpkg -P libdrm2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libdrm2:amd64:
 libegl1-mesa:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libdrm-radeon1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libqt5gui5:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25).
 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libdrm-intel1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 ubuntu-drivers-common depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1).
 i965-va-driver:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1); however:
  Package libdrm2:amd64 is to be removed.
 plymouth depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25).
 xserver-xorg-core depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1).
 libxatracker2:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libgbm1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libcogl20:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.17).
 libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.82+git20170725.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1).
 xserver-xorg-video-intel depends on li
dpkg: error processing package libdrm2:amd64 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libdrm2:amd64
>

Ted; Welp ;

Maybe this " libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.82+git20170725.3876bc24-0ubuntu0ricotz~" is the key ?

What results :
sudo dpkg -P libdrm-amdgpu1

bk

Also of note is that the proposed repository is enabled . I do recommend that it be disabled prior to updating/upgrading once we have the package manager in a consistent state .

It's turtles all the way down... I took your command then tried adding to it to get it to go:

 sudo dpkg -P libdrm-amdgpu1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64:
 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu depends on libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.73).
 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 depends on libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.80).

dpkg: error processing package libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64
> sudo dpkg -P libdrm-amdgpu1 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64
(Reading database ... 217818 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu (1.2.99+git20170208.49b09256-0ubuntu0ricotz~xenial) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64:
 libegl1-mesa:amd64 depends on libgl1-mesa-dri (= 17.2.0~git20170725+17.2.a455f594-0ubuntu0ricotz2~16.04.1); however:
  Package libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 is to be removed.
 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 depends on libgl1-mesa-dri; however:
  Package libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 is to be removed.

dpkg: error processing package libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64:
 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 depends on libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.80).

dpkg: error processing package libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64
 libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64
>

Garf.

Also the only place I find "proposed" in the/etc/apt directory tree is:
sudo grep -ir proposed *
apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades:// "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";

Does that need to be commented out and/or removed?

Think I got it.
529 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libgl1-mesa-dri
  530 sudo apt-get install libdrm2
  531 sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-glx
  532 sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
  533 sudo apt-get install libdrm2
  534 sudo apt-get -f install
  535 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libdrm.*
  536* sudo dpkg --remove --force-all
  537 sudo apt-get install libdrm2

Couldn't get libdrm2 install, so went further:

502 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libegl1-mesa:amd64
  503 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all librdm-nouveau2:amd64
  504 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libdrm-nouveau2:amd64
  505 sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libdrm-radeon1:amd64
  506 sudo apt-get install libdrm2
  507 sudo apt-get -f install

and a zillion things cleared. Now trying to put it back together

Ted; YUk !

IRT "proposed" disregard that as I had my wires disconnected I guess as I now do not see an issue with it .

I am stuck as to a best means to remove libdrm2 !
I presently do not know what to advise.

It is late (early 00:27) here. Will sleep on this see what I can come up with .

-darndest thing-

After the autoremove worked, following the apt-get -f install, I did an install of libdrm2 which worked, then install lightdm to force all that stuff to come back on. System is working now (though not bringing up window manager on boot, but I'll take that over a broken package system).

Thanks I really appreciate your help

Ted; Great news -

I was loosing sleep over this ! Pleased it has worked out.

as to the : "not bringing up window manager on boot" I would consider that the graphics driver is broke .
Bet if you check
sudo lshw -C display
you see that the display is "unclaimed" .
Depending on what the graphic's hardware is -
lspci -k|grep -iEA5 'vga|3d'
is what procedure to purge and re-install the driver .
But that is the subject for a new thread .

-just goes to show I never can tell-

The graphical UI on boot was me forgetting systemd: systemctl enable graphical.target was needed.

I did an update few days ago and have run into this same issue as well, apparently it still persists. I looked far and wide for a solution for past few days but no joy. I really don't want to rebuild my system or have to remove all libdrm2 dependent packages, per Ted in thread #17. Appreciate anyone has come up with a magic answer or at least know what caused this so I can stay away from it in future ?

I'm on a Lenovo Thinkpad X201 with Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz × 4 and Intel® Ironlake Mobile.

#uname -a
Linux gsj-x201-u 4.4.0-112-generic #135-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 19 11:48:36 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# lshw -C display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:25 memory:f2000000-f23fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8)

# lspci -k|grep -iEA5 'vga|3d'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Lenovo Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
 Kernel driver in use: i915
 Kernel modules: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
 Subsystem: Lenovo 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller

# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libdrm2 : Depends: libdrm-common (>= 2.4.89+git1801311830.9e34ad~oibaf~x) but it is not installable
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

# apt depends libdrm2
libdrm2
  Depends: <libdrm-common> (>= 2.4.89+git1801311830.9e34ad~oibaf~x)
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)

# dpkg -P libdrm2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libdrm2:amd64:
 libegl1-mesa:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libdrm-radeon1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libqt5gui5:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25).
 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 libdrm-intel1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 ubuntu-drivers-common depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3).
 i965-va-driver:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1); however:
  Package libdrm2:amd64 is to be removed.
 plymouth depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.25).
 xserver-xorg-core depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1); however:
  Package libdrm2:amd64 is to be removed.
 libxatracker2:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75); however:
  Package libdrm2:amd64 is to be removed.
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38).
 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75); however:
  Package libdrm2:amd64 is to be removed.
 libgbm1:amd64 depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75).
 mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 depends
dpkg: error processing package libdrm2:amd64 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libdrm2:amd64