nvidia-331-updates 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build

[Remco de Zwart]

After the ubuntu update manager had installed updates that required reboot, unity failed to start after booting.
I am using VMWare (running under windows 8.1 on an HP laptop with a radeon graphics card and an i7 processor) with ubutuntu 14.04.

So far the only way to work-around this is to install the xubuntu desktop xfce.

In the log I could see that unity reported an error in that it failed to load the opengl plugin.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-331-updates
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-43-generic
Date: Mon Dec 15 19:37:13 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-19 (210 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageVersion: 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[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.