nvidia-current fails with /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Noel J. Bergman]

$ sudo apt-get -f install

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nvidia-current (190.53-0ubuntu11) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
You must specify at least one of -c, -u, or -d.

Usage: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs [OPTION]...

Options:
 -k [version] Specify kernel version or 'all'
 -c Create a new initramfs
 -u Update an existing initramfs
 -d Remove an existing initramfs
 -t Take over a custom initramfs with this one
 -b Set alternate boot directory
 -v Be verbose
 -h This message

dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-current
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 3 16:28:20 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-current 190.53-0ubuntu11
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic x86_64

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Sorry, this bug report didn't have enough information to diagnose the problem.
I'd want to see the exact update-initramfs command line to understand why it's failing to set up.
If you can still reproduce this issue feel free to reopen, but I'll assume you're no longer seeing it (it looks like a weird random transient packaging issue...)