package nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build

[Shayne Underwood]

nvidia-96 refuses to install on a fresh copy of 11.04 and says it has broken packages and unmet dependencies. I removed all instances of nvidia and xorg with synaptic and reverted to the lucid xorg so I was able to install nvidia-96. After reboot there is a system freeze and a system error in failsafe X.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Mon May 9 18:03:41 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic-pae, i686: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-96, 96.43.17: added
ErrorMessage: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX200] [10de:0111] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] [1002:5159] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge SC1425 [1028:019a]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation PowerEdge SC1425
PackageVersion: 96.43.17-0ubuntu1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic-pae root=UUID=c0bc8a00-516d-4b72-8057-a8fe86512d6a ro single
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96
Title: package nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p'] failed with exit code 1: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1".
 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1".
 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1".
 Error: unable to create the OpenGL context
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/04/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0D7449
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 23
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA03:bd01/04/2006:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnPowerEdgeSC1425:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rn0D7449:rvrA01:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct23:cvr:
dmi.product.name: PowerEdge SC1425
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

This appears to be the same problem as bug 627022. Just on a different line of code because it's a (vastly) different nvidia driver version. Can anyone look at the offending versions of nv.c to confirm it's the same code, so same bug?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Reviewed both versions of nv.c and found they are the same line of code:
nv.c:244 (nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1) == nv.c:417 (nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04)

[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 627022, 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.