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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

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

Bug #898366 reported by Daldude on 2011-11-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #576648: package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (Unable to determine the target kernel version.). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I tried to install the NVIDIA drivers for my Video card and it failed but after rebooting I was able to install an older version that was listed as recommended.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.62~lucid1-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 30 07:11:27 2011
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-173, 173.14.22: added
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.35-31-generic, x86_64: installed
ErrorMessage: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110719.3)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
PackageVersion: 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-31-generic root=UUID=e5d125ea-3140-47ef-b6c2-e1e964aae7e0 ro splash 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: 11/04/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1014.001
dmi.board.name: P5P800
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.:bvr1014.001:bd11/04/2005:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnP5P800: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: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.35-31-generic

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Daldude (dallase1) wrote on 2011-11-30:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (40.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (975 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (10.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (10.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (10.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (11.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (980 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (114.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (244.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (213 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (13.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (13.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (12.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (975 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (253 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (30.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-12-01:

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.