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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build

Bug #902460 reported by Johnathon Weare on 2011-12-10

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 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Attempted to reinstall nvidia driver (version current) [Reccomended] by using jockey. It had been installed before, then was removed to test nouveaux (and kernel 3.0.0) .

output of ubuntu-bug nvidia-graphics-drivers "Package nvidia-graphics-drivers does not exist" (driver failed to install)
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release: 10.04
by using jockey
Expected: nvidia driver to be installed
Result: did not install. Got dialog box "SystemError: installArchives() failed", and apport package problem "nvidia current" failed to install.
Running again: same result
Hardware: Acer Aspite 9300

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 10 09:08:24 2011
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1267:0201 Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc A4Tech SWOP-3 Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 5986:0100 Acer, Inc Orbicam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 9300
PackageVersion: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-36-generic root=UUID=3366a905-2706-4a88-8808-c2a8d1f2016a ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.20
dmi.board.name: Myallm
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.20:bd08/10/2007:svnAcer:pnAspire9300:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnMyallm:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 9300
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-36-generic

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Johnathon Weare (jrweare) wrote on 2011-12-10:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (48.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (11.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (976 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (409 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (25.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (645 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (103.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (249.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (24.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (26.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (18.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (976 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (47.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-12-11:

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.