How to fix DPKG error/ How to fix update-GLX error | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:09 PM

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I have a dell precision M4800 with a nvidia quadro K2100m gpu.
I don’t understand how to get it to work. I managed to get this far in the picture. But I don’t understand where to go from here.

This laptop has weird things with it to.
Windows 8,10, and 11 won’t install on it because the mouse keyboard stop working at the start.

At one point windows 10 was on it but not now.
Neither on Linux or windows will the internal WiFi adapter work AND even using various different USB WiFi adapters those won’t work either. The system sees them but won’t allow me to turn WiFi on.

Anyways I’m just trying to get a driver for the gpu to work and to install steam. Yes I know it’s old

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:16 PM

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Hello. Can you please send full system information here? type System Info in the start menu, there should be a button to show a report of full info on screen. Photograph each page clearly, in landscape mode and send.

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:17 PM

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manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:17 PM

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also, if you have a smartphone and internet data plan, it may have a "hotspot" or "usb tethering" feature to share Internet access to your computer via USB cable

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:18 PM

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I have it hard lined now but WiFi it just doesn’t work

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:18 PM

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from there, u could log into Discord using Firefox, and show details more easily

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:18 PM

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Ok

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:18 PM

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see if USB tether works n sign in to firefox discord web app

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:19 PM

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manic plinth see if USB tether works n sign in to firefox discord web app

Again I have it hardlined

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:19 PM

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so ur online on pc now?

rose birch Jan 19, 2025, 10:19 PM

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languid garden I have a dell precision M4800 with a nvidia quadro K2100m gpu. I don’t understa...

is this a .run script from Nvidia or a package from apt?
anyways your card isn't supported anymore, I believe the best way to use it right now is with the free nouveau driver. you probably won't feel a performance difference either.

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you also run lmde which is nightmare for nvidia

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:20 PM

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please click "upload system information" button in that pic above, and send the link

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:22 PM

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manic plinth so ur online on pc now?

Yes but it’s struggling

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https://termbin.com/or6x

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:23 PM

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ty

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moment while I read

rose birch Jan 19, 2025, 10:24 PM

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languid garden

there is also this forum for someone running the exact same PC as you. please read
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=437113

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:25 PM

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Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0
chip-ID: 8086:153a
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: wl v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8188ETV Wireless LAN 802.11n Network Adapter type: USB driver: r8188eu
bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 0bda:0179
IF: wlxccd29bd18254 state: down mac: <filter>

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:26 PM

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ive tried to install version 470 before but it kinda sheet it self

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:27 PM

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Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK106GLM [Quadro K2100M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Kepler
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, VGA-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:11fc temp: 56.0 C
Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.5:3 chip-ID: 1bcf:2984

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:27 PM

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should i try driver 470 again?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:28 PM

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can you check on this first please? (in terminal) mokutil --sb-state

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:28 PM

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i have it disabled

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:29 PM

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ok

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I see that nvidia card was released in 2013. Proprietary drivers may not be released anymore for linux mint. my guess is up to Mint version 20x they were

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try the lowest version number offered in Driver Manager

rose birch Jan 19, 2025, 10:32 PM

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dedcat

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:32 PM

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so how do i go about getting the nouveau driver?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:33 PM

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read ur termbin link. u are using it

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:33 PM

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rose birch <:dedcat:1301984875884187678>

hmmmm

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:34 PM

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(or copy to clipboard, paste in text editor, the system information, for your own knowledge)

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:35 PM

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I get a error when trying to install steam

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dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

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I have i have ran that before

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:36 PM

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u may try opening synaptic package manager, hit reload button, and search rt8188, may get luck for the built-in wifi driver

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:37 PM

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languid garden dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correc...

i try to open the package manger and it give the same error here

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:37 PM

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or rather, do a rfkill --output-all to see if any switch/ blocks for radios

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:38 PM

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ID TYPE DEVICE TYPE-DESC SOFT HARD
1 wlan dell-wifi Wireless LAN unblocked blocked
2 wlan phy0 Wireless LAN unblocked unblocked

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:38 PM

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languid garden i try to open the package manger and it give the same error here

i think in its edit menu there's a command for 'fix broken packages or broken install

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:39 PM

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languid garden ID TYPE DEVICE TYPE-DESC SOFT HARD 1 wlan dell-wifi Wireless LA...

the dell one, hard block means a switch. check ur laptop. perhaps on the F row

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:40 PM

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Ok i feel stupid for that one.
Before about 4 months ago it actually wasnt working

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I did a bios update in windows 7 yesterday

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cool thats working.

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:42 PM

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manic plinth i think in its edit menu there's a command for 'fix broken packages or broken in...

so how do i go about fixing the package thing?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:43 PM

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erm not super sure. I've seen Lot recommend rebooting, hit esc to enter grub menu, hit the mint advanced options, then i think recovery, and does a purple window in text mode, and there's a dpkg thing

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I'll check my own synaptic too.

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:44 PM

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what is this command for? dpkg --configure -a

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:45 PM

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idk but i rmemeber that in the purple recovery boot menu

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:45 PM

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so i just tried to install steam and i got the same error as in the picture above^^

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does that mean i can't get steam anymore?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:46 PM

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did u do the thing i said from recovery at boot?

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:47 PM

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no. so i need to reboot and go into recovery?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:47 PM

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ya

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mint advanced options from GRUB

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in purple thing, run that dpkg item (only one mentioning it)

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:48 PM

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it gives me a command line that says "grub"

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when i hit esc

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:48 PM

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type normal

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:49 PM

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ok then advanced options for lmde?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:49 PM

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yes

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:49 PM

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then recovery mode?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:49 PM

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yes

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:50 PM

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ok im back at desktop

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:51 PM

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kool

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was there that purple thing shown?

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:51 PM

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no?

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it hit recovery mode

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and it booted

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:51 PM

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oh

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shrugs

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im not expert on it

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try installing Flatpak Steam from software manager

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it's huge probably, but may work outside of dpkg/apt

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:54 PM

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yeah just the install button the package manager?

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because it doesnt work either

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:54 PM

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can u open software manager?

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it should be faved in the start menu

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:56 PM

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yeah i can open it but steam from there gives the same error

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:56 PM

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even if u pick steam (flathub) version?

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:57 PM

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I grabbed the .deb from steam itself

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im trying that

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its doing alot more

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:58 PM

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if still mega buggered, (all the deb/apt/dpkg stuff) ur best timesaver would be to reinstall Mint

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:58 PM

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and use regular mint?

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 10:58 PM

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whichever

languid garden Jan 19, 2025, 10:59 PM

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ok

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I think it may be working.

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thank you for the help!

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 11:09 PM

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you're welcome

manic plinth Jan 19, 2025, 11:53 PM

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languid garden thank you for the help!

I would suggest re-titling this help post to "how to fix (exact message about dpkg error)"

languid garden Jan 20, 2025, 12:47 AM

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manic plinth I would suggest re-titling this help post to "how to fix (exact message about dp...

I think this laptop has a hardware error.
I just disabled Cstates,Hyperthreading and speedstep its now loading windows for the first time ever
I just have to narrow down which one of those exactly is causing issues but That tells me there is a issue in the bios or in the cpu it self depending which one of those is the issue

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Also Im not sure that dpkg is actually fixed. I just used a different way of installing steam

manic plinth Jan 20, 2025, 12:48 AM

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speedstep's no good for Linux

manic plinth Jan 20, 2025, 12:49 AM

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languid garden Also Im not sure that dpkg is actually fixed. I just used a different way of ins...

hence why I said change thread title

languid garden Jan 20, 2025, 12:50 AM

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How to fix

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How to fix DPKG error/ How to fix update-GLX error

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