Nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

[starbetrayer]

Careful guys, nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

Setting up nvidia-common (0.2.25) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/nvidia-detector", line 8, in <module>
a = NvidiaDetection(printonly=True, verbose=True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 68, in __init__
self.getData()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 142, in getData
driver_version = self.__get_value_from_name(package.name.split('-', 1)[1])
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 85, in __get_value_from_name
return self.__driver_aliases.get(name, int(name))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'current'
dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Starbe

[starbetrayer]

Re: Nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-common/+bug/692022

[starbetrayer]

Re: Nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

i managed to get by by :
not rebooting
lanching synaptic and desinstalling that packet.

starbe

[blackpaw]

Re: Nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

I ran into that, purged nvidia in the end. Reinstalled last night and all seems ok now.

[starbetrayer]

Re: Nasty bug in nvidia-common (0.2.25)

@blackpaw,

they updated the package