Comment 5 for bug 646449

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your help.Heres what i got for each command.Still the error at install phase :(

john@john-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-current dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  dkms* nvidia-173* nvidia-96* nvidia-current* nvidia-glx-185*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 133MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 148110 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-173 ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Purging configuration files for nvidia-173 ...
Removing nvidia-96 ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Purging configuration files for nvidia-96 ...
Removing nvidia-glx-185 ...
Removing nvidia-current ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Purging configuration files for nvidia-current ...
dpkg: warning: while removing nvidia-current, directory '/usr/lib/nvidia-current/tls' not empty so not removed.
dpkg: warning: while removing nvidia-current, directory '/usr/lib/nvidia-current' not empty so not removed.
Removing dkms ...
Purging configuration files for dkms ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_IE.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,310B]
Ign http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable/non-free Translation-en_IE
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com lucid Release.gpg
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [964B]
Hit http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IE
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com lucid Release
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_IE
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Fetched 2,465B in 3s (676B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms nvidia-current
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms nvidia-current
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/26.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 78.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 147759 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current.
Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_260.19.06-0ubuntu1~xup1~lucid_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2-2fakesync1) ...

Setting up nvidia-current (260.19.06-0ubuntu1~xup1~lucid) ...
Loading new nvidia-current-260.19.06 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.32-24-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 2.6.32-24-generic

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/260.19.06/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_IE.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-current
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)