package nvidia-common 0.2.25 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Eliah Kagan]

Binary package hint: nvidia-common

On Natty i386, the dpkg --configure step fails in upgrading nvidia-common to version 0.2.25, producing this output while attempting to upgrade with "sudo apt-get upgrade":

Setting up nvidia-common (0.2.25) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nvidia-detector", line 8, in <module>
    a = NvidiaDetection(printonly=True, verbose=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 68, in __init__
    self.getData()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 142, in getData
    driver_version = self.__get_value_from_name(package.name.split('-', 1)[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 85, in __get_value_from_name
    return self.__driver_aliases.get(name, int(name))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'current'
dpkg: error processing nvidia-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Subsequent attempts to configure with "sudo dpkg --configure nvidia-common" also fail (as expected).

This is with dpkg 1.15.8.6ubuntu1 and apt 0.8.10ubuntu1. The output of "uname -a" is:

Linux Zim 2.6.37-9-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 10 10:05:11 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-common 0.2.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-9.22-generic 2.6.37-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 18 18:54:34 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
SourcePackage: nvidia-common
Title: package nvidia-common 0.2.25 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1