package nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rob Leland]

Used windows version of USB live creator - rebooted system into xubuntu - tried to install recommended video driver -> received crash report. USB T-drive is a Geek Squad 8G formatted fat32 with xubuntu 10.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu2
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: Sun Sep 26 03:00:39 2010
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: BIOSTAR Group TA790GXE 128M
ProcCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/xhostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 05/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080014
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: TA790GXE 128M
dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.chassis.version: 6.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd05/22/2009:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnTA790GXE128M:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnTA790GXE128M:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr6.0:
dmi.product.name: TA790GXE 128M
dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic