package nvidia-current (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15'

[John Tsiombikas]

Booted from USB stick, and tried to enable desktop effects (normal level) which in turn triggered the nvidia driver installation to start, which failed with a message saying: "SystemError: installArchives() failed"

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 31 21:30:56 2010
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15'
GdmLog1: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.1'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.1: No such file or directory
GdmLog2: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: MSI MS-7588
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15'
dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.1
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P55M-GD45 (MS-7588)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.1:bd09/04/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7588:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnP55M-GD45(MS-7588):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7588
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 557023, 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.