package nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.15+git20090823-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[john mall]

Binary package hint: nouveau-kernel-source

tried to install nouveau driver and it failed

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 libdrm-nouveau1: Install
 nouveau-kernel-source: Install
 libdrm-nouveau1: Configure
 nouveau-kernel-source: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 13 01:08:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
Package: nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.15+git20090823-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-7.10-generic
SourcePackage: nouveau-kernel-source
Tags: lucid
Title: package nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.15+git20090823-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please attach the file make.log in the build directory
 /var/lib/dkms/nouveau/0.0.15+git20090823/build/ to this report ?

[john mall (mantikor)]

Bonsoir Jean-Baptiste,

here you go and thanks for helping!

regards,
John

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for following up

The error is due to
/var/lib/dkms/nouveau/0.0.15+git20090823/build/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c: In function 'drm_sysfs_create':
/var/lib/dkms/nouveau/0.0.15+git20090823/build/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c:110: error: 'struct class' has no member named 'nodename'

This is a dup of bug 491680 and marking as such.

Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.