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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

package nvidia-173 173.14.28-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #684531 reported by Michael J. Markey on 2010-12-03

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #557023: update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) / cp: cannot stat `/vmlinuz': No such file or directory. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

while attempting to enable desktop effects the computer tried to download and install these nVidia drivers and failed. I thought I heard there was something going on with these drivers so I thought I'd submit this report.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.28-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg:
[ 23.793097] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 1
[ 23.794739] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 1
[ 24.871005] usb 3-2: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 32.176020] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 178.499552] usb 3-2: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1680x1050 1600x1000 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x960 1152x864 1152x720 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
edid-base64: AP///////wAi8KgmAQEBASkRAQNoLx547rU1pVZKmiUQUFSla5BxAIFAlQCpALMAAQEBAQEBITmQMGIaJ0BosDYA2SgRAAAcAAAA/QAwTBhSEAAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABIUCB3MjIwNwogICAgAAAA/wBDTkQ3NDExOVBZCiAgANs=
Date: Fri Dec 3 02:01:59 2010
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 061 ER904AA-ABA A1440N
ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Title: package nvidia-173 173.14.28-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 06/23/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 3.15
dmi.board.name: EMERY
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.05
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: 1111
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr3.15:bd06/23/2006:svnHPPavilion061:pnER904AA-ABAA1440N:pvr0nx1114RE101EMERY00:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnEMERY:rvr1.05:cvn:ct3:cvr1111:
dmi.product.name: ER904AA-ABA A1440N
dmi.product.version: 0nx1114RE101EMERY00
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 061
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

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Michael J. Markey (michaelj-markey) wrote on 2010-12-03:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (193 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (43.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DRM.card0.TV.1.txt Edit (124 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (567 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (43.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (368 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (36.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (23.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (24.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (16.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (554 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (242 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (106.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (222.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (46.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (33.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (54.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2010-12-18:

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.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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