The instalation of the nvidia drivers fails with on NV9600GT

Bug #512475 reported by Lubos
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I install the restricted drivers from the Hardware drives menu. I choose the current driver to install. The installation fails with and error and links to the log:
/var/log/jockey.log

2010-01-25 20:00:01,948 DEBUG: Installing package: nvidia-current
2010-01-25 20:00:28,551 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dpkg-exec 0.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,129 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 0.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,130 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 3.333330
2010-01-25 20:00:33,155 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 6.666670
2010-01-25 20:00:33,156 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 10.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,173 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 10.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,174 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 13.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:33,197 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 16.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:33,199 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 20.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,216 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 20.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,216 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 23.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:33,234 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 26.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:33,236 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 30.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,253 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 30.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:33,253 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 33.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:36,272 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 36.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:36,273 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 40.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:36,290 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 40.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:36,290 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 43.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:36,314 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 46.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:36,315 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 50.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:36,331 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 50.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:36,331 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 53.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:36,366 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 56.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:36,367 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 60.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:36,369 DEBUG: install progress statusChange man-db 60.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,714 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dpkg-exec 60.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,748 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 60.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,751 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 63.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:37,754 DEBUG: install progress statusChange dkms 66.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:37,754 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 66.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:37,754 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 70.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,829 DEBUG: install progress statusChange fakeroot 73.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:37,829 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 73.333300
2010-01-25 20:00:37,830 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 76.666700
2010-01-25 20:00:37,830 DEBUG: install progress statusChange patch 80.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,832 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 80.000000
2010-01-25 20:00:37,832 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 83.333300
2010-01-25 20:01:20,650 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-current 86.666700
2010-01-25 20:01:20,652 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 86.666700
2010-01-25 20:01:20,655 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 90.000000
2010-01-25 20:01:21,014 DEBUG: install progress statusChange screen-resolution-extra 93.333300
2010-01-25 20:01:21,014 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 93.333300
2010-01-25 20:01:21,014 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 96.666700
2010-01-25 20:01:21,015 DEBUG: install progress statusChange nvidia-settings 100.000000
2010-01-25 20:01:21,017 DEBUG: install progress statusChange libc-bin 100.000000
2010-01-25 20:01:30,428 DEBUG: Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 111822 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.0-0ubuntu8_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package fakeroot.
Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.14.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package patch.
Unpacking patch (from .../p/patch/patch_2.6-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current.
Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_190.53-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package screen-resolution-extra.
Unpacking screen-resolution-extra (from .../screen-resolution-extra_0.13_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-settings.
Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_190.53-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dkms (2.1.1.0-0ubuntu8) ...

Setting up fakeroot (1.14.4-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode.

Setting up patch (2.6-2) ...
Setting up nvidia-current (190.53-0ubuntu8) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL.conf (gl_conf) in auto mode.
Loading new nvidia-current-190.53 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.32-10-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 2.6.32-10-generic
Done.

nvidia-current.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-10-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod..........

DKMS: install Completed.

Setting up screen-resolution-extra (0.13) ...

Setting up nvidia-settings (190.53-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

2010-01-25 20:01:31,055 WARNING: modinfo for module nvidia failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia

2010-01-25 20:01:31,056 ERROR: XorgDriverHandler.enable(): package or module not installed, aborting

I use 10.04 64 bit alfa2 from live CD.
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 25 20:21:23 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100113)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-current 190.53-0ubuntu8
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic x86_64

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Lubos (plavecl) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote :

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 506618, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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