nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu3.17.10.1: nvidia-384 kernel module failed to build (make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build] Killed)

[Jon Hourany]

Attempted to install the nvidia-384 drivers from a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10 from apt. Graphics card an Nvidia 1070 ti,

Last few lines on console were:
Not creating home directory `/'.
Loading new nvidia-384-384.90 DKMS files...
Building for 4.13.0-21-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.13.0-21-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.13.0-21-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build/make.log for more information.
Setting up g++ (4:7.2.0-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode
Setting up bbswitch-dkms (0.8-4ubuntu1) ...
Loading new bbswitch-0.8 DKMS files...
Building for 4.13.0-21-generic
Building initial module for 4.13.0-21-generic

Progress: [ 95%] [#######################################################...]
--------------------------

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu3.17.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.13.0-21-generic
Date: Mon Dec 25 15:14:52 2017
PackageVersion: 384.90-0ubuntu3.17.10.1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Title: nvidia-384 384.90-0ubuntu3.17.10.1: nvidia-384 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

That's odd. It appears something got explicitly killed during the install/build process:

Makefile:1546: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build] Killed

Can you reproduce the issue? If so then does running 'free -m' or 'df -h' show you're running out of memory or disk space?

[Jon Hourany (nexusx6)]

I wish I could reproduce it now, but I've since returned that video card and installed an Nvidia 970 GTX -- and installing drivers with that card in place went totally smooth. It was exactly as it should have been.

I'll say this though: I tried installing those drivers many, many times across various versions of Ubuntu (16.04, 17.04, and 17.10) and even Fedora 27 and the installation process always died leaving me with an OS that had drivers. On Fedora 27, the process died at the 93% mark as opposed to the 95%, but it failed none the less.

So I can't reproduce it now, but it's hit me many times before I finally submitted this issue, and for some reason it went away when I put in a non-10 series card. I've since ordered another 1070 ti from a different brand hoping this was a one off some how caused by the card :/ I'll update when the new card is in.

[Edson T. Marques (edsontmarques)]

This crash appears here at kernel upgrade today:
Upgrade log:

(Reading database ... 252421 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-signed-generic (4.14.0.13.14) ...
Selecting previously unchecked package linux-image-4.14.0-14-generic.
(Reading database ... 252419 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to Unpack ... / 0-linux-image-4.14.0-14-generic_4.14.0-14.17_amd64.deb ...
Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/preinst.d/intel-microcode 4.14.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-14-generic
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-4.14.0-14-generic (4.14.0-14.17) ...
To select previously unchecked package linux-image-extra-4.14.0-14-generic.
Preparing to Unpack ... / 1-linux-image-extra-4.14.0-14-generic_4.14.0-14.17_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-extra-4.14.0-14-generic (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Preparing to Unpack ... / 2-linux-generic_4.14.0.14.15_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-generic (4.14.0.14.15) about (4.14.0.13.14) ...
Preparing to Unpack ... / 3-linux-image-generic_4.14.0.14.15_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-generic (4.14.0.14.15) about (4.14.0.13.14) ...
To select previously unchecked package linux-headers-4.14.0-14.
Preparing to Unpack ... / 4-linux-headers-4.14.0-14_4.14.0-14.17_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.14.0-14 (4.14.0-14.17) ...
To select previously unchecked package linux-headers-4.14.0-14-generic.
Preparing to Unpack ... / 5-linux-headers-4.14.0-14-generic_4.14.0-14.17_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.14.0-14-generic (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Preparing to Unpack ... / 6-linux-headers-generic_4.14.0.14.15_amd64.deb ...
Unzipping linux-headers-generic (4.14.0.14.15) about (4.14.0.13.14) ...
Preparing to Unpack ... / 7-linux-libc-dev_4.14.0-14.17_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-libc-dev: amd64 (4.14.0-14.17) about (4.14.0-13.15) ...
Configuring linux-libc-dev: amd64 (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Configuring linux-headers-4.14.0-14 (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Configuring linux-headers-4.14.0-14-generic (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 4.14.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-14-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build/make.log for more information.
Configuring linux-headers-generic (4.14.0.14.15) ...
Configuring linux-image-4.14.0-14-generic (4.14.0-14.17) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.14.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-14-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.14.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-14-generic
ERROR: Can not create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-384.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build/make.log for more information.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.14.0-14-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-14-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.14.0-14-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/pos...

[Edson T. Marques (edsontmarques)]

This is /var/crash/nvidia-384.0.crash

ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for nvidia-384-384.90 for kernel 4.14.0-14-generic (x86_64)
 sex jan 5 16:19:29 -02 2018
 make "CC=cc" KBUILD_VERBOSE= -C /lib/modules/4.14.0-14-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build ARCH=x86_64 NV_KERNEL_SOURCES=/lib/modules/4.14.0-14-generic/build NV_KERNEL_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.14.0-14-generic/build NV_KERNEL_MODULES="nvidia nvidia-uvm nvidia-modeset nvidia-drm" INSTALL_MOD_DIR=kernel/drivers/video modules
 make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.0-14-generic'
   SYMLINK /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build/nvidia/nv-kernel.o
   SYMLINK /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.90/build/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-kernel.o
  CONFTEST: INIT_WORK
  CONFTEST: remap_pfn_range
  CONFTEST: hash__remap_4k_pfn
  CONFTEST: follow_pfn
  CONFTEST: vmap
  CONFTEST: set_pages_uc
  CONFTEST: set_memory_uc
  CONFTEST: set_memory_array_uc
  CONFTEST: change_page_attr
  CONFTEST: pci_get_class
  CONFTEST: pci_choose_state
  CONFTEST: vm_insert_page
  CONFTEST: acpi_device_id
  CONFTEST: acquire_console_sem
  CONFTEST: console_lock
  CONFTEST: kmem_cache_create
  CONFTEST: on_each_cpu
  CONFTEST: smp_call_function
  CONFTEST: acpi_evaluate_integer
  CONFTEST: ioremap_cache
  CONFTEST: acpi_walk_namespace
  CONFTEST: ioremap_wc
  CONFTEST: pci_domain_nr
  CONFTEST: pci_dma_mapping_error
  CONFTEST: sg_alloc_table
  CONFTEST: sg_init_table
  CONFTEST: pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot
  CONFTEST: get_num_physpages
  CONFTEST: efi_enabled
  CONFTEST: proc_create_data
  CONFTEST: pde_data
  CONFTEST: proc_remove
  CONFTEST: pm_vt_switch_required
  CONFTEST: xen_ioemu_inject_msi
  CONFTEST: phys_to_dma
  CONFTEST: get_dma_ops
  CONFTEST: write_cr4
  CONFTEST: of_get_property
  CONFTEST: of_find_node_by_phandle
  CONFTEST: of_node_to_nid
  CONFTEST: pnv_pci_get_npu_dev
  CONFTEST: for_each_online_node
  CONFTEST: pci_bus_address
  CONFTEST: node_end_pfn
  CONFTEST: pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
  CONFTEST: pci_remove_bus_device
  CONFTEST: request_threaded_irq
  CONFTEST: register_cpu_notifier
  CONFTEST: cpuhp_setup_state
  CONFTEST: remap_page_range
  CONFTEST: address_space_init_once
  CONFTEST: kbasename
  CONFTEST: fatal_signal_pending
  CONFTEST: list_cut_position
  CONFTEST: vzalloc
  CONFTEST: wait_on_bit_lock_argument_count
  CONFTEST: bitmap_clear
  CONFTEST: usleep_range
  CONFTEST: drm_dev_unref
  CONFTEST: radix_tree_empty
  CONFTEST: drm_reinit_primary_mode_group
  CONFTEST: drm_atomic_set_mode_for_crtc
  CONFTEST: drm_atomic_clean_old_fb
  CONFTEST: get_user_pages_remote
  CONFTEST: drm_gem_object_lookup
  CONFTEST: drm_atomic_state_free
  CONFTEST: drm_driver_has_gem_prime_res_obj
  CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_of_node_to_nid
  CONFTEST: i2c_adapter
  CONFTEST: pm_message_t
  CONFTEST: irq_handler_t
  CONFTEST: acpi_device_ops
  CONFTEST: acpi_op_remove
  CONFTEST: outer_flush_all
  CONFTEST: proc_dir_entry
  CONFTEST: scatterlist
  CONFTEST: sg_table
  CONFTEST: file_operations
  CONFTEST: vm_operations_struct
  CONFTEST: atomic_long_type
  CONFTEST: pci_save_state
  CONFTEST: file_inode
  CONFTEST: task_struct
  CONFTEST: kuid_t
  CONFTEST:...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Edson T. Marques (edsontmarques)]

After the update of yesterday (for kernel 4.13.0-17.20) the session of login by the GDM3 began to freeze soon after the click on the button 'Enter', that is to say, the gnome-shell does not appear.

I also noticed that in this frozen state, Ctrl+Alt+F'n 'does not work properly ... Just getting a dark screen with the cursor blinking at the upper left top.

I believe this problem may be related to the nvidia driver because in one of my several attempts to reboot the computer I finally got succeess in a Ctrl+Alt+F5 and ran a 'sudo prime-select intel' ...

... Well, I did not succeed in 'sudo shutdown -r now', because again, after ran the command, linux got stuck on the dark screen with cursor blinking at the top left ... I had to shut down holding the laptop shutdown button .

Then I turned the notebook back on, and this time I was able to go through the login phase and the gnome-shell ran normally.

[Edson T. Marques (edsontmarques)]

Well maybe the problem is not related to nvidia driver... I purged all nvidia driver and installed back nouveal... after restart the notebook I got the same issue: frozzen system between login and gnome-sell.

Actually, after several forced rebootings, I could reinstall nvidia driver in a Ctrl+Alt+F5 text session and defined another 'sudo prime-select intel' ... only after this I could restart and login normally.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Edson, please log a separate bug for yourself.

[Killy (etherealyn)]

>> Setting up g++ (4:7.2.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Well, for me, I could install the driver once I set up my gcc to 7th version (because I have several versions for different purposes).

sudo update-alternatives --config gcc

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I'm not sure how, but gcc with version lower than 5 causes various crashes every system update

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]