package linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10

[GrahamT]

normal package upgrade started giving this error, now appears whenever a package is updated.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-35.78-generic-pae 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-35-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 10 21:31:44 2011
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
SourcePackage: nvidia-common
Title: package linux-image-2.6.32-35-generic-pae 2.6.32-35.78 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10