nvidia upgrade fail in kernel 2.6.24-21 upgrade

[keepitsimpleengr]

Binary package hint: update-manager

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
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update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.87.30
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expected update to properly handle nvidia driver.
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not handled, default parameters used, unusable video.
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WORKAROUND
Commit Log for Wed Oct 15 09:36:38 2008
Reinstalled the following packages:
nvidia-glx-new-dev-envy (173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30)
nvidia-glx-new-envy (173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30)
nvidia-kernel-common (20051028+1ubuntu8)
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy (173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30)
nvidia-settings (1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1.1)
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Today's update:
Commit Log for Wed Oct 15 08:41:18 2008

Upgraded the following packages:
jockey-common (0.3.3-0ubuntu8) to 0.3.3-0ubuntu8.1
jockey-gtk (0.3.3-0ubuntu8) to 0.3.3-0ubuntu8.1
libexiv2-2 (0.16-3ubuntu1) to 0.16-3ubuntu1.1
linux-headers-generic (2.6.24.20.22) to 2.6.24.21.23
linux-image-generic (2.6.24.20.22) to 2.6.24.21.23
linux-libc-dev (2.6.24-20.38) to 2.6.24-21.42
linux-restricted-modules-common (2.6.24.14-20.46) to 2.6.24.14-21.51

Installed the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.24-21 (2.6.24-21.42)
linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.42)
linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.42)
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.32)
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prior nvidia packages:
Commit Log for Mon Aug 11 09:32:00 2008
Upgraded the following packages:
nvidia-glx-new-dev-envy (173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30) to 173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30
nvidia-glx-new-envy (173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30) to 173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy (173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30) to 173.14.12+2.6.24.503-503.30
Commit Log for Sun Jul 13 10:16:50 2008
Upgraded the following packages:
nvidia-glx-new-dev-envy (173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30) to 173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30
nvidia-glx-new-envy (173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30) to 173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy (173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30) to 173.14.09+2.6.24.502-502.30
nvidia-settings (1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1) to 1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1.1
Commit Log for Mon Jun 23 06:14:28 2008
Upgraded the following packages:
nvidia-glx-new-dev-envy (169.12+2.6.24.500-500.29) to 173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30
nvidia-glx-new-envy (169.12+2.6.24.500-500.29) to 173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30
nvidia-new-kernel-source-envy (169.12+2.6.24.500-500.29) to 173.14.05+2.6.24.501-501.30

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

can you attach your /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log ?

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Attached is /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log
Note the date!
 # ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log
-rw------- 1 root root 3021 2008-07-24 08:38 /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Could you please attach the file /var/log/apt/term.log as well? That should have more information.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

ls -l /var/log/apt/term.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16653 2008-10-15 09:41 /var/log/apt/term.log

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

I can't see the problem in the logs. Can you attach all the files you have in your /var/log/apt/ directory, please?

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I suspect this is the problem:

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Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.^M
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms^M
^M
/etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller: line 82: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/169.12/source/dkms.conf: No such file or directory^M
/etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller: line 82: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/173.14.05/source/dkms.conf: No such file or directory^M
/etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller: line 82: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/173.14.09/source/dkms.conf: No such file or directory^M
nvidia: Multiple versions in DKMS. Unsure what to do. Resolve manually.^M
^M
...

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

Michael: that's a problem that I solved in Intrepid, however the error refers to the packages in Hardy (which don't have the fix yet):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-177/+bug/261816