nvidia-331-uvm 331.38-0ubuntu7: nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build

[emk2203]

during apt-get dist-upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-331-uvm 331.38-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-27-generic
Date: Tue May 27 09:43:55 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-03 (966 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
PackageVersion: 331.38-0ubuntu7
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331
Title: nvidia-331-uvm 331.38-0ubuntu7: nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-24 (153 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Luc Bruninx (luc2005)]

I solved the problem like this.

I started by removing the nvidia-331-uvm package.

However, I noticed that the linux-generic package was not installed (oups?!)...

Thus, the linux-headers-3.13.0-27* packages were installed without the corresponding linux-image-3.13.0-27*.

So I installed the linux-generic package. This causes the installation of all missing packages.

After rebooting, I reinstalled nvidia-331-uvm without any problem.

[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 1268257, 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.