[SOLVED] Black screen after AMD drivers' update

[WharfRat]

debsums installed and you changed mirrors (I hope) so try sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-dri again.

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

I changed the mirrors and tried different ones (the fastest ones and the ones from my country), but neither worked... All mirrors that I tried gave me this:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-dri
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of libgl1-mesa-dri is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 13 not to upgrade.

Should I send you a screenshot of the mirrors I have available?

[WharfRat]

A screenshot won't be necessary.

I'm really puzzled with this cannot be downloaded stuff

Does this work sudo apt-get install nfs-common

If it does just let me know and you can get rid of it with sudo apt-get purge nfs-common

I want to see if this cannot be downloaded stuff is isolated to these particular packages.

[MrEen]

Hi WarfRat,

I don't mean to intrude, but I think the reason for the "it cannot be downloaded" is it wants to get version 18.x which is in the bionic repo and xenial only goes to 17.2.8.

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri
E: Can't find a source to download version '18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1' of 'libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64'

I don't understand most of your terminal command fu but hoped this might assist.

[WharfRat]

Hi WarfRat,

I don't mean to intrude, but I think the reason for the "it cannot be downloaded" is it wants to get version 18.x which is in the bionic repo and xenial only goes to 17.2.8.

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri
E: Can't find a source to download version '18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1' of 'libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64'

I don't understand most of your terminal command fu but hoped this might assist.

I welcome the intrusion and I think you're on to something here

Isn't that repo an official ubuntu mirror

@Daniel_AYA-AZZ,

Try disabling that repo and see what happens.

[MrEen]

I don't think he has that repo. The edgers-ppa he previously disabled (I think) installed newer versions than are contained in xenial repos.

From a previous termbin:

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libgl1-mesa-dri:
  Installed: 18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Candidate: 18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1 500
        500 http://ny-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
     11.2.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ny-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

[WharfRat]

I installed this system the other day and this is my version

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[bill@slvm] ~ $ apt-cache policy libgl1-mesa-dri
libgl1-mesa-dri:
  Installed: 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
  Candidate: 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     11.2.0-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
[bill@slvm] ~ $ 

So I see it's insisting on getting a newer package.

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Thank you for your comments, MrEen. So, I enabled the default official mirrors again and tried both codes WharfRat recommended me. These were the results:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # sudo apt-get install nfs-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libnfsidmap2 libtirpc1 rpcbind
Suggested packages:
  open-iscsi watchdog
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libnfsidmap2 libtirpc1 nfs-common rpcbind
0 to upgrade, 4 to newly install, 0 to remove and 13 not to upgrade.
Need to get 332 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,257 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libnfsidmap2 amd64 0.25-5 [32.2 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libtirpc1 amd64 0.2.5-1 [75.6 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 rpcbind amd64 0.2.3-0.2 [40.3 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 nfs-common amd64 1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1 [184 kB]
Fetched 332 kB in 2s (131 kB/s)   
Selecting previously unselected package libnfsidmap2:amd64.
(Reading database ... 277076 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnfsidmap2_0.25-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnfsidmap2:amd64 (0.25-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libtirpc1:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libtirpc1_0.2.5-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libtirpc1:amd64 (0.2.5-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package rpcbind.
Preparing to unpack .../rpcbind_0.2.3-0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rpcbind (0.2.3-0.2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package nfs-common.
Preparing to unpack .../nfs-common_1%3a1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nfs-common (1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up libnfsidmap2:amd64 (0.25-5) ...
Setting up libtirpc1:amd64 (0.2.5-1) ...
Setting up rpcbind (0.2.3-0.2) ...
Setting up nfs-common (1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1) ...

Creating config file /etc/idmapd.conf with new version

Creating config file /etc/default/nfs-common with new version
Adding system user `statd' (UID 123) ...
Adding new user `statd' (UID 123) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/var/lib/nfs'.
nfs-utils.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # sudo apt-get purge nfs-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnfsidmap2 libtirpc1 rpcbind
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED
  nfs-common*
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to remove and 13 not to upgrade.
After this operation, 734 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 277194 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nfs-common (1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1) ...
Purging configuration files for nfs-common (1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.1) ...
dpkg-statoverride: warning: no override present
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

So, just to clarify: I have the default official repositories enabled again (packages.linuxmint.com & archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. I don't know if this is the right move or if I should revert back to mirrors from my country (or the ones with the highest speed available).

[WharfRat]

Can you now download apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Mmh... nope, I still get the same error:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri
E: Can't find a source to download version '18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1' of 'libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64'

Could you recommend me any mirror I should use to download this? Or is this something else?

[WharfRat]

The problem is the packages you installed are taking precedence over the official versions.

paste back ls -lh /etc/apt/preferences.d/

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Alright, here you go:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # ls -lh /etc/apt/preferences.d/
total 8.0K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  61 May  7  2017 official-extra-repositories.pref
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Nov 24 10:13 official-package-repositories.pref

[WharfRat]

I'm having problems with my internet/router/modem so I may not be able to respond quickly.
In the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/official-extra-repositories.pref if this is your only entry

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Package: *
Pin: origin build.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700

change the Pin-Priority to 100 than try to apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri

If you want to try repos this is my official-package-repositories.list

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia main upstream import backport romeo

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partner

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Don't worry if you can't respond quickly. I've been very busy myself, so... Anyway, I checked /etc/apt/preferences.d/official-extra-repositories.pref and changed Pin-Priority to 100. But apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri failed. Here's the result:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri
E: Can't find a source to download version '18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1' of 'libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64'

Also, I added your repos to the additional repositories section of the Update Manager. When I refresh, it throws me this error:

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W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_GB) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Packages (upstream/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1
W: Target Packages (upstream/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list:1 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:1

(This are just some examples, the original file is way bigger and repeats the same error, but with different packages.)

[WharfRat]

Also, I added your repos to the additional repositories section of the Update Manager.

Please remove them.

What I meant for you to do was to replace the content of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list with the list I posted.

Adding them in software sources is now causing the configured multiple times messages.

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Sorry, I didn't realize. I did what you said. But I still get the same error:

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # apt-get download libgl1-mesa-dri
E: Can't find a source to download version '18.0.0~git20180214+18.0.1e173463-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04.1' of 'libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64'

[WharfRat]

Wow, nothing seems to work here

I would seriously consider a reinstallation at this juncture as I'm not even sure if reinstalling all of the dri and glx packages would solve the graphics problem.

You can give dpkg -l|egrep 'mesa|drm'|awk '{print $2}'|xargs sudo apt-get install --reinstall one more Hail Mary shot.

If that still fails.................

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Ah, sh... It throws the "abort" error at the end.

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daniel-GA-MA78GM-US2H daniel # dpkg -l|egrep 'mesa|drm'|awk '{print $2}'|xargs sudo apt-get install --reinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of libdrm-amdgpu1 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libgl1-mesa-dri is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libglapi-mesa is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libglapi-mesa:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm2 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm2:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-common is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-intel1 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-intel1:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libgl1-mesa-glx is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libwayland-egl1-mesa is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-radeon1 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-radeon1:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-nouveau2 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libdrm-nouveau2:i386 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libgles2-mesa is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of libegl1-mesa is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnfsidmap2 libtirpc1 rpcbind
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
Need to get 203 kB/215 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Abort.

EDIT: I can only think of formating the entire PC and installing a new OS. IF it's still possible at this point...

[WharfRat]

Ah, sh... It throws the "abort" error at the end.

EDIT: I can only think of formating the entire PC and installing a new OS. IF it's still possible at this point...

I see that as the only possible option at this time.

Just be aware that everything on that HDD will be wiped so backup/copy anything you couldn't survive without to another media.

Good luck

[Daniel_AYA-AZZ]

Thanks. Uh, I'll bother you with just one more thing. How could I do it? I mean, I've formatted PCs before, but never with Linux. I don't know what to do exactly or how?