package nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade when running from Live USB

[Chad A Davis]

Created a Live USB, with about 3GB of permanent storage. Booted, used gnome-control-panel to install "Additional drivers". Selected nvidia current. Downloaded fine and seemed to be installing. Failed at the end without any additional details.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1200 1920x1200 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350
 edid-base64: AP///////wBNEMETAAAAAB4QAQOAJRd4Csqwl1NQjCYgUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBLz+ACHGwI0BkICYAbuUQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACiSAlACAAAA/gBKSDI5MQOqTTFMQTJBAAAA/gAiMj5GZ429/wIBCiAgAEQ=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Feb 5 13:53:50 2011
DkmsStatus:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Dell Inc. MP061
ProcCmdLine: 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 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0YD479
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd08/26/2009:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YD479:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MP061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, the package installation error message that you have received is actually a failure with lzma and a generic one at that. The following steps may help resolve the issue. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again as this may resolve your issue. We plan to make lzma errors more informative and that work is being tracked in bug 691985 which I will mark this a duplicate of.