Update problems: packages held back
When I try and upgrade I get packages that are kept back, when I use dist-upgrade they will be upgraded however I get this warning:
Current status: 5 updates [-1].
will@will-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
libdrm-nouveau1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libkms1{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2
5 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/245kB of archives. After unpacking 2,077kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libdrm-nouveau1: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (< 1:0.0.16) but 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu5 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Score is 188
I don't know whether to upgrade or not, looks like it might break my video
I would not update. Especially if you currently have packages in a working condition. Never run a partial update or install packages kept-back. They are like so for a reason. Are you running Maverick BETA? If so that would explain it. You should wait for the packages to sort themselves out, and they will.
(I am actually taking a break writing a blog article that explains things like this right now, odd).