nvidia-331 kernel module failed to install lubuntu 14.04 [cc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory]

[S. H. Yoon]

got bbswitch-dkms error while installing

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-24-generic
Date: Sun Apr 20 09:55:43 2014
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-331:331.38-0ubuntu7:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331/331.38/build/conftest/macros.h:1:2: error: #error INIT_WORK() conftest failed!
PackageVersion: 331.38-0ubuntu7
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331
Title: nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[S. H. Yoon (mailhyoon)]

Ok - I think this dumb cow has managed to somehow stepped on the bug/rat & squashed it (old Asian proverb)
To make the long story short:
binutil was installed but ld was not = prob problem was missing items from the package
so:
$ sudo apt-get remove binutils
$ sudo apt-get install binutils

Solved the missing 'ld' problem, which was reported by an error when I attempted to install
$sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-331.67.run
Even after 'binutils' re-install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-331.67.run failed for unknown reason
>>>>nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
>>>>creation time: Mon Apr 21 20:58:15 2014
>>>>installer version: 331.67
>>>>PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
>>>>nvidia-installer command line:
>>>> ./nvidia-installer
>>>>Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
>>>>-> License accepted.
>>>>-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 331.67.
>>>>-> Running distribution scripts
>>>> executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...
>>>>-> done.
>>>>-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed!
>>>>Continue installation anyway? (Answer: No)

As last attempt (& sick of loud fan noise after coming back from 'suspend' state) I typed in, which worked:

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

>DKMS: install completed.
>Setting up nvidia-current-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ...
>Setting up nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ...
>Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ...
>Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
>Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4) ...
>update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic

Of course we need to, but did see an ERROR
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig

>Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
>VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> Device section "Default Device" must have a Driver line.
>Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original'
>Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
>New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

Did it again
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
>Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
>Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
>New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

After this I simply switched to latest Nvidia driver from "Software & Update" by choosing
(o) Using NVIDIA binary driver - version 331.38 from nvidia-331 (proprietary, tested)

So this is now solved - at least for me!

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1311104, so 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[NShell32 (nshell32)]

In my case, was helped previously switched up bumblebee:
sudo tee /proc/acpi/bbswitch <<<ON