nvidia-310 310.32-0ubuntu2: nvidia-310 kernel module failed to build

[Søren Jakobsen]

I got this bug report while trying to update my graphics driver.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nvidia-310 310.32-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27-generic 3.8.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-17-generic
Date: Mon Apr 8 08:17:55 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-02 (95 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: 310.32-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-310
Title: nvidia-310 310.32-0ubuntu2: nvidia-310 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-03 (4 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[philinux (philcb)]

This borked my desktop. No unity.

I had to uninstall nvidia-310 and kernel 3.8.0-17 then reboot with old kernel. Still no unity.

I reset unity to default reinstall compiz and rebooted to a normal desktop.

[Stephen Conklin (iscrunchywithketchup)]

This hasn't borked my desktop, but, I know I've had trouble with the NVIDIA 31x series Forceware drivers on my Win 7 partition, too, so, at least it doesn't discriminate *sheepish grin*

[Hotteterre (luca-rossetto)]

Thank you, philinux, I followed your indications and all is now fine. I had to remove the linux-image metapackage: I'll reinstall it at the next kernel update.

[Vincent Gerris (vgerris)]

Hi philinux,

Can you be more specific in your steps?
I also borked unity.
I fixed the driver by doing apt-get remove nvidia-310 and apt-get install nvidia-current, which installs nvidia-304.
I then see the nvidia logo, but no unity.
Can you explain how you reset unity and reinstall compiz?
If you can post the commands that would be awesome.
thank you

[Vincent Gerris (vgerris)]

well seems this does the trick:
after above steps, install dconf (i had it already)
apt-get install dconf
then
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
and
unity --reset-icons
the last action made unity appear for me.
After a reboot all was fine.

I also had similar issues on 12.10, seems unity is a bit sensitive here.
The workaround of using 3.04 is ok for now.
In general these issue caused me a lot of installation issues, which will prevent less tech-savvy users from using Ubuntu!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 576648, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Stephen Conklin (iscrunchywithketchup)]

Actually, I take it back...it didn't bork my desktop UNTIL I rebooted. I tried the dconf and unity reset approach, but ended up having to kill my wubi install...hopefully I'll be back up and running by this morning