This  problem does not happen with ubuntu vivid vervet, where the kernel is updated.

Samuel Bertolini da Silva Oliveira


> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 22:50:49 +0000
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> 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"
> 
> After login on desktop Ubuntu, is showed many poup up relating error on
> panels.
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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:
>   Confirmed
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-346-updates package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> 
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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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