package nvidia-current 270.41.03-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build

[Kkollara]

This happened when replacing kernel 2.6.38-8 to kernel 2.6.32-22

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-current 270.41.03-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 16 20:07:53 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-16 13:31:51.650584
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageVersion: 270.41.03-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 270.41.03-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-16 (0 days ago)
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Looks like dkms failed to recognize the older kernel?

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

The error isn't from DKMS but rather from the NVIDIA build system invoked by DKMS.

[Kkollara (kkollara)]

Hi, Thank you for your responses. Yes, this problem occurred when I had changed to an older kernel to fix the issue with the suspend/hibernate. So I just reinstalled ubuntu and instead of installing the open nvidia driver, I installed the graphics driver from nvidia website. This solved the issue of hibernate/suspend in ubuntu.

[dsn0wman (josgray)]

I have the same problem when moving from 2.6.38-8-generic to 2.6.38-8-generic-pae. dkms fails on nvidia module.

[dsn0wman (josgray)]

Never mind, I forgot to install the pae headers...

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Probably yet another duplicate of bug #576648, which most of the nvidia build failures with the same DKMSBuildLog have been directed.

[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.