nvidia-361 361.42-0ubuntu2: nvidia-361 kernel module failed to build

[johnl]

Was not able to log into Unity after rebooting. Reverted back to free driver.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: nvidia-361 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-22-generic
Date: Tue May 17 23:06:14 2016
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-361:361.42-0ubuntu2:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-361/361.42/build/nvidia/nv-instance.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-17 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageVersion: 361.42-0ubuntu2
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.7ubuntu1
 apt 1.3~exp1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-361
Title: nvidia-361 361.42-0ubuntu2: nvidia-361 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia-361_hybrid.conf: [deleted]

[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 1574838, 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.