package nvidia-current 260.19.21-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Victor Ashik]

I tried to install proprietary NVidia graphics card driver on Nautty Alpha 1 booted from USB.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-current is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.1ubuntu7) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot stat `/vmlinuz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up nvidia-current (260.19.21-0ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot stat `/vmlinuz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.C.cache...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initramfs-tools
 nvidia-current
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-current 260.19.21-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1200 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1360x768 1152x864 1280x720 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
 edid-base64: AP///////wA4o+VmAQEBARESAQMONCB46u+Vo1RMmyYPUFS/74CBwIGAkECLwJUAqUCzANEAfUuAoHKwLUCIyDYABkQhAAAcAAAA/QA4VR9eFQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABMQ0QyNDcwV05YCiAgAAAA/wA4NDAwMTg3NERCCiAgAG0=
Date: Thu Dec 16 09:57:17 2010
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Elite 7100 Microtower PC
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=ru console-setup/layoutcode?=ru
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 260.19.21-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 06/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.15
dmi.board.name: 2A9Ch
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC0325QZZ
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.15:bd06/25/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPElite7100MicrotowerPC:pvrxxx0204GRxxxxxxxx0:rvnMSI:rn2A9Ch:rvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Elite 7100 Microtower PC
dmi.product.version: xxx0204GRxxxxxxxx0
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] Нет такого файла или каталога
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: natty
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.37-7-generic

[Victor Ashik (vashik+)]

Looks like vmlinuz kernel is absent inside RAM disk. Copying it from outside helps:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls /vmlinuz -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2010-12-02 04:51 /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cp /cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic
cp: невозможно создать обычный файл `/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic': Отказано в доступе
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-current is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.1ubuntu7) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up nvidia-current (260.19.21-0ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Loading new nvidia-current-260.19.21 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.37-7-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 2.6.37-7-generic
Done.

nvidia-current.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.37-7-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.37-7-generic
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of aufs
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.C.cache...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$