nvidia-384 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1: nvidia-384 kernel module failed to build [\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00����\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00�����]

[akriti garg]

Ubuntu starts in recovery mode only

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-384 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-141-generic
Date: Sun Dec 30 20:39:36 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-20 (70 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
PackageVersion: 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.29
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Title: nvidia-384 384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1: nvidia-384 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia-384_hybrid.conf: [deleted]

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

It looks like the compiler has failed!?

  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.130/build/nvidia/nv-p2p.o
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scripts/Makefile.build:277: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.130/build/nvidia/nv-i2c.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.130/build/nvidia/nv-i2c.o] Error 127
make[2]: *** Deleting file '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-384/384.130/build/nvidia/nv-i2c.o'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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