Comment 2 for bug 775323

Hi all,
I was able to install the current pae kernel eventually. After a few attempts at purging the kernel packages then reinstalling and attempting to reconfigure, I had to remove nvidia-common. Here is some relevant output:

Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.38-8-generic
 * nvidia-current (270.41.06)... [ OK ]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.38-8-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic.postinst line 1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic-pae (2.6.38-8.42) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic-pae
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.

The current kernel and nvidia packages are:
$ dpkg -l | grep pae
ii linux-generic-pae 2.6.38.8.22 Complete Generic Linux kernel
ii linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic-pae 2.6.38-8.42 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.38 on x86
ii linux-headers-generic-pae 2.6.38.8.22 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic-pae 2.6.38-8.42 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.38 on x86
ii linux-image-generic-pae 2.6.38.8.22 Generic Linux kernel image
drogers@laptop:~/Desktop/natty-narwhal
$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 185.18.36-0ubuntu9 Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdpau
ii nvidia-185-kernel-source 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-kernel-source
ii nvidia-185-libvdpau 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdpau
ii nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
rc nvidia-glx-177 177.82-0ubuntu0.1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
rc nvidia-glx-180-dev 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development files
ii nvidia-glx-185 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
ii nvidia-settings 270.29-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
drogers@laptop:~/Desktop/natty-narwhal
$

I still have occasional problems with the laptop not shutting down all the way. Shutdown hangs with a black screen.