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

[Rodrigo Bautista]

I installed kernel 2.6.38 from ppa before updating the driver

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27~lucid1-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 25 02:26:43 2011
DkmsStatus: nvidia-173, 173.14.22: added
ErrorMessage: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
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
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 4930
PackageVersion: 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic root=UUID=f15f9912-1498-4916-ba6e-f951515563f8 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
XorgConf:

dmi.bios.date: 07/29/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.10
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Aspire 4930
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.10
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.10
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.10:bd07/29/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire4930:pvrV1.10:rvnAcer:rnAspire4930:rvrV1.10:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrV1.10:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 4930
dmi.product.version: V1.10
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.38-1-generic

[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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.