Hibernation error - Could not write byte: broken pipe

Question

Suddenly, right after "turning on" my ubuntu 12.04 from hibernation, there was an error

Could not write bytes:broken pipes

which led to a black screen so I had to reboot. After rebooting, I got the same error message but my screen was working fine. I hibernated again my laptop, just to check and there wasn't any error at that time, but I am experiencing something weird.

I type my password, only to see a black screen with a mouse pointer, which obbeys every movement I do. I also increased/decreased the volume and I was able to hear the sound effect.

What I did was the trying to "reinstall" nvidia drivers(my graphics card is nvidia 8600m gs) using

CTRL-ALT-F1 (to get a CLI)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge
nvidia-* sudo apt-get install invida-current-updates

but when I reach step 4, I get sth about dependencies on nvidia 304 or something similar.

Any idea on why this is happening only after hibernation and how to fix it?

EDIT I also run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and the output is

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EDIT 2

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
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Note, selecting 'nvidia-173-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libvdpau-ia32' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-debugger' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libvdpau1' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-glx-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-96-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-96-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-96' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libvdpau1-ia32' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-96-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libkwinactivenvidiahack4' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-prime' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-180-modaliases' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libkwinnvidiahack4' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libvdpau' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'boinc-nvidia-cuda' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-319' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-va-driver' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-modaliases' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173-modaliases' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-185-modaliases' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-texture-tools' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-common' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-tegra' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-319-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-doc' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libvdpau-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libgl1-nvidia-alternatives' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-96-modaliases' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-glx' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-experimental-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-experimental-310' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libnvtt-bin' instead of 'nvidia-texture-tools'
Note, selecting 'vdpau-va-driver' instead of 'nvidia-va-driver'
Package nvidia-96-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-96-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-prime is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-settings-304 is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-settings-304-updates is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-settings-319-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-173-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-173-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-304-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-304-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-304-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
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Package nvidia-319-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-319-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-319-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331 is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331-updates-uvm is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-331-uvm is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-96 is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-96-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-current is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-current-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-current-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-current-updates-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-experimental-304 is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-experimental-304-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-experimental-310 is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-experimental-310-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-settings-updates is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-compute-profiler is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-cuda-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-cuda-doc is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-cuda-gdb is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-cuda-toolkit is not installed, so not removed
Package nvidia-opencl-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package boinc-nvidia-cuda is not installed, so not removed
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sudo apt-get install nvidia-current


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Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-current : Depends: nvidia-304 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-304


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-304 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 or
                       xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
                       xorg-video-abi-13 or
                       xorg-video-abi-14
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

So I installed xorg-video-abi-11, later nvidia-304 and then nvidia-current

Can you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and post the output in to your question — bain, Aug 05 '14 at 11:57
@bain : Thank you very much for your comment! I've just edited my question. — Thanos, Aug 05 '14 at 12:17
Can you run sudo apt-get purge nvidia* && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current and post the output in to your question — bain, Aug 05 '14 at 13:34
That is bug #1345217 - nvidia-304-update (video driver) got uninstalled and is uninstallable after update to HWE-Stack5 (from Ubuntu LTS 12.04.4 to 12.04.5) — bain, Aug 06 '14 at 00:03
possible duplicate of 12.04.x HWE Hardware Enablement Update broke Nvidia proprietary drivers — bain, Aug 06 '14 at 00:07
@bain : This really fixed it! Would you mind posting it as an answer, so that I can accept it? Thank you very much for you help!!! — Thanos, Aug 06 '14 at 09:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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This is bug #1345217 - "nvidia-304-update (video driver) got uninstalled and is uninstallable after update to HWE-Stack5 (from Ubuntu LTS 12.04.4 to 12.04.5)" and can be fixed by following the instructions in this answer.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Aug 06 '14 at 09:20

bain

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Hibernation error - Could not write byte: broken pipe

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