nvidia-detector crashed with ValueError in __get_value_from_name(): invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'

[Sheldon Taylor]

Happened immediately after running update && upgrade in terminal.

~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release [39.8 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources [904 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Sources [5,346 B]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Sources [4,686 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Sources [153 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages [1,650 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages [9,163 B]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages [6,391 kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages [181 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Fetched 14.0 MB in 22s (610 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common indicator-datetime indicator-messages
  indicator-status-provider-mc5 libbrasero-media3-1
  libindicator-messages-status-provider1
8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1,705 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main brasero-common all 3.0.0-1ubuntu4 [332 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main brasero-cdrkit i386 3.0.0-1ubuntu4 [36.5 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main brasero i386 3.0.0-1ubuntu4 [194 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libbrasero-media3-1 i386 3.0.0-1ubuntu4 [481 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main indicator-datetime i386 0.2.91-0ubuntu3 [583 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libindicator-messages-status-provider1 i386 0.4.93-0ubuntu2 [5,482 B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main indicator-messages i386 0.4.93-0ubuntu2 [65.6 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main indicator-status-provider-mc5 i386 0.4.93-0ubuntu2 [6,212 B]
Fetched 1,705 kB in 3s (495 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 153503 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace brasero-common 3.0.0-1ubuntu3 (using .../brasero-common_3.0.0-1ubuntu4_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement brasero-common ...
Preparing to replace brasero-cdrkit 3.0.0-1ubuntu3 (using .../brasero-cdrkit_3.0.0-1ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement brasero-cdrkit ...
Preparing to replace brasero 3.0.0-1ubuntu3 (using .../brasero_3.0.0-1ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement brasero ...
Preparing to replace libbrasero-media3-1 3.0.0-1ubuntu3 (using .../libbrasero-media3-1_3.0.0-1ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libbrasero-media3-1 ...
Preparing to replace indicator-datetime 0.2.91-0ubuntu2 (using .../indicator-datetime_0.2.91-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement indicator-datetime ...
Preparing to replace libindicator-messages-status-provider1 0.4.93-0ubuntu1 (using .../libindicator-messages-status-provider1_0.4.93-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libindicator-messages-status-provider1 ...
Preparing to replace indicator-messages 0.4.93-0ubuntu1 (using .../indicator-messages_0.4.93-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement indicator-messages ...
Preparing to replace indicator-status-provider-mc5 0.4.93-0ubuntu1 (using .../indicator-status-provider-mc5_0.4.93-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement indicator-status-provider-mc5 ...
Processing triggers for gconf2 ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0 ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic (3.0.0-8.10) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.0.0-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 3.0.0-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nvidia-detector", line 8, in <module>
    a = NvidiaDetection(printonly=True, verbose=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.getData()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 148, in getData
    driver_version = self.__get_value_from_name(stripped_package_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 87, in __get_value_from_name
    v = int(name)
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.0.0.8.9); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic (3.0.0-8.10) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                    Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common 3.0.0-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nvidia-detector", line 8, in <module>
    a = NvidiaDetection(printonly=True, verbose=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.getData()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 148, in getData
    driver_version = self.__get_value_from_name(stripped_package_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 87, in __get_value_from_name
    v = int(name)
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic.postinst line 110.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
 linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic; however:
  Package linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up brasero-common (3.0.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libbrasero-media3-1 (3.0.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up brasero-cdrkit (3.0.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up brasero (3.0.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up indicator-datetime (0.2.91-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libindicator-messages-status-provider1 (0.4.93-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up indicator-messages (0.4.93-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up indicator-status-provider-mc5 (0.4.93-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-generic
 linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic
 linux-headers-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nvidia-common 1:0.2.31
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 12 11:02:10 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nvidia-detector
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/nvidia-detector
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/nvidia-detector']
SourcePackage: nvidia-common
Title: nvidia-detector crashed with ValueError in __get_value_from_name(): invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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