Sorry, I was having the problem with Nvidia 304 not 331, and multiple,
and I do mean multiple re-installs didn't make it work.

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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Michal wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:09:37 -0000
> From: Michal <email address hidden>
> Reply-To: Bug 1268257 <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3:
>     nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build,
>     with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file"
> 
> My fix is simple:
> 1. open Synaptic
> 2. search "nvidia"
> 3 check all installed items
> 4 reinstall.
>
> Cheers. M.
>
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> Title:
>  nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module
>  failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such
>  file"
>
> Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
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>  ---
>
>  This seems to fix it (at least for one version upgrade) for many
>  people
>
>  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331
>
>  after that...
>
>  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331-uvm
>
>  (some users may be on the versions of these packages suffixed with
>  -updates )
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>
>  Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2
>  Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed.
>
>  ProblemType: Package
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>  Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
>  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
>  ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
>  Architecture: amd64
>  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic
>  Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014
>  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago)
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
>  PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9
>  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
>  Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago)
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