package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Brett Janson]

Attempting to install proprietary driver. Ubuntu install is a persistent install on a usb drive.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 7 02:23:23 2010
DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom: added
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M65
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0JF242
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd10/16/2008:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM65:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0JF242:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision M65
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
make.log:
 DKMS make.log for bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom for kernel 2.6.32-24-generic (i686)
 Tue Sep 7 02:30:06 UTC 2010
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic