installing nvidia driver for powerpc PowerMac G4 failed

[Stephen Wade]

Binary package hint: nouveau-kernel-source

This is for a Nvidia GeForce4 MX. Output from aptitude after unsuccessful installation:

Setting up nouveau-kernel-source (0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1) ...
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.28-6-powerpc (ppc)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/nouveau/0.0.11+git20090404/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing nouveau-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau depends on linux-nouveau-modules; however:
  Package linux-nouveau-modules is not installed.
  Package nouveau-kernel-source which provides linux-nouveau-modules is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 nouveau-kernel-source
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up nouveau-kernel-source (0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1) ...
Adding Module to DKMS build system

Error! DKMS tree already contains: nouveau-0.0.11+git20090404
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
dpkg: error processing nouveau-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau depends on linux-nouveau-modules; however:
  Package linux-nouveau-modules is not installed.
  Package nouveau-kernel-source which provides linux-nouveau-modules is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nouveau-kernel-source
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: powerpc
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Package: nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: nouveau-kernel-source
Title: package nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-6-powerpc ppc