Comment 9 for bug 576648

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Dirk Heumann (dirkheumann) wrote : Re: [Bug 576648] Re: package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (Unable to determine the target kernel version.)

Hi Daniel,

I could install the NVidia driver after you obviously made some updates. I
installed 173 a couple of days ago first and recommended drivers after new
updates later. I had the impression that it was important to install the
old drivers first.

I still have a test partition left if you want me to test something.

Thanks and best regards,
Dirk

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 04:53, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:

> A quick survey of this bug's duplicates to see where it is happening the
> most...
>
> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: 87
> + nvidia-173: 63
> + nvidia-195: 12
> + nvidia-96: 12
>
> Ubuntu 11.04: 38
> + nvidia-270: 29
> + nvidia-173: 9
>
> Ubuntu 11.10: 10
> + nvidia-280: 8
> + nvidia-173: 2
>
> Other/unknown: 2
> + nvidia-185: 1
> + nvidia-270: 1
>
> Total bugs: 137
> 63.5% of all duplicates are on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>
> Conclusion: It's pretty obvious and doesn't change anything; We mainly
> need to fix the current LTS release 10.04 and the next/current release.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576648
>
> Title:
> package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module
> failed to build (Unable to determine the target kernel version.)
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> TEST CASE:
>
> Starting with a fresh Ubuntu 10.04.3 installation...
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic
> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic
> # or should that be: install linux-lts-backport-oneiric ?
> # REBOOT
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-173
> # The above command fails with an error.
>
> # Check the exact error:
> cat /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-173/*/build/make.log
>
>
> ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
>
> Brand new install of 10.04 onto a formatted hard drive. The upgrade
> icon said there was a restricted driver available - I clicked it. When
> I was running a Windows XP VMWare image, the video seemed to
> completely reset. I had to shut down and restart.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Thu May 6 16:43:59 2010
> DkmsStatus:
> nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed
> nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
> ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
> (20100429)
> MachineType: LENOVO 64576DU
> PackageVersion: 195.36.15-0ubuntu3
> PccardctlIdent:
> Socket 0:
> no product info available
> PccardctlStatus:
> Socket 0:
> 3.3V 32-bit PC Card
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
> root=UUID=e48c7906-adfe-4aef-b42f-afbb2328f9c3 ro quiet splash
> SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
> Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 failed to
> install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
> dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: 7LET51WW (1.21 )
> dmi.board.name: 64576DU
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Not Available
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LET51WW(1.21):bd08/22/2007:svnLENOVO:pn64576DU:pvrThinkPadT61:rvnLENOVO:rn64576DU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
> dmi.product.name: 64576DU
> dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61
> dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> codename: lucid
> architecture: x86_64
> kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic
>
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