package nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build

[Kristijan Stefkovski]

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS- the Lucid Lynx - released in April 2010
I wanted to install/uninstall the nVidia drivers, but it failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41~lucid1-virtual 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-virtual i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 7 22:39:12 2011
DkmsStatus: nvidia-173, 173.14.22: added
ErrorMessage: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
PackageVersion: 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-virtual root=UUID=4d5a4e35-3640-4072-af78-0cac2815f7cd ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Title: package nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0303
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: A8R-MX-Vintage
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0303:bd10/25/2005:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA8R-MX-Vintage:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-23-virtual

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Can you please updarte about this issuue?
Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 #576648, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

[ 2256.623980] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
[ 2256.623984] ata3.00: error: { UNC }
[ 2256.648638] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 2256.648667] ata3: EH complete
[ 2561.434687] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
[ 2561.434693] ata3.00: BMDMA stat 0x5
[ 2561.434697] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA
[ 2561.434705] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:18:97:36:86/00:00:00:00:00/e2 tag 0 dma 12288 in
[ 2561.434707] res 51/40:16:99:36:86/00:00:00:00:00/e2 Emask 0x9 (media error)

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Closed as hardware error