nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu7.1: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build

[Arnau Bosch]

I'm using xubuntu 14.04, I have an sli of two gtx 770, but sli is disabled, i'm using two monitors. When i updated the system to kernel 3.13.0-34, the package nvidia-331-updates failed to build and i need to reinstall, this also happened when i upgrated to kernel 3.13.0-33. After reinstall the nvidia package the system rename the xorg.conf to xorg.conf."date", i need to rename to xorg.conf to start the desktop. This also happens when i change any option of nvidia-settings. Sometimes when i restart the system rename another time the xorg.conf to xorg.conf."date" and the only option to start successfully the deskop is enter by the command startx, and then reboot and work perfectly, when the nvidia driver was updated this happens too. I don't know if this is a new bug.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-34-generic
Date: Thu Aug 14 04:57:16 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-04 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723)
PackageVersion: 331.38-0ubuntu7.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu7.1: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia.331.updates.hybrid.conf: [deleted]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[John Volk (volk-john-m)]

I fixed this by removing the Intel graphics installer and the packages it installed. There is something wrong with the drm module that it supplies which in turn messes up the nvidia driver.

sudo apt-get purge i915* intel-linux-graphics-installer

[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.