After doing dist-upgrade in apt , crashed while re-login [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]

Bug #1796799 reported by Vijay Raghav
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Done dist upgrade in apt
logged out and log back in and system shows error message of crash while logging in

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-304 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-36-generic
Date: Tue Oct 9 11:17:07 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-304, 304.135, 4.13.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-304:304.135-0ubuntu0.16.04.2:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-304/304.135/build/nv.c:3033:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Device [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:081c]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-30 (70 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:301a Dell Computer Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1bcf:2b96 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 7490
PackageVersion: 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-34-generic root=UUID=b4c893f2-12ff-4c33-846a-cc231de4b7ec ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.27
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
Title: nvidia-304 304.135-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-304 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/14/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.3.3
dmi.board.name: 0KP0FT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.3.3:bd03/14/2018:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude7490:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KP0FT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Latitude
dmi.product.name: Latitude 7490
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20180221-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

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Vijay Raghav (iron-phoenix) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1737750, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

summary: - After doing dist-upgrade in apt , crashed while re-login
+ After doing dist-upgrade in apt , crashed while re-login [error:
+ implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Modestas (montvid) wrote :

Please upgrade the package to 304.137 from debian repo as it fixes the build issue on 4.15 kernel. It is a trivial fix that no one seems to care fixing. I am sad it takes such a long time to fix.

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