I don’t see how this will get threaded, but anyway…
I finally got it to work. I had to completely reinstall ubuntu, then I
installed gnome-shell chromium-browser & synaptic. I installed gnuradio
from synaptic. It uninstalled gnome & chromium & my touchpad(LOL) but
when I put everything back together it ran. I think it is related to
this bug:
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1424466
Ubuntu says:
“As far as installing some of those packages in 14.04.2 (HWE) the issues
have been 90%+ fixed with new mesa source packages (10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4).
However they are currently only in trusty -proposed. Read bug report
that I’ve duped your above report to.”
"** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1424466
Devel package not installable in 14.04.2 (mesa-lts-utopic
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Ubuntu added something called “mesa” recently & the rollout seems to be
painful to say the least.
Hope this helps & please consider closed.