Error message while updating kernel nvidia-331-uvm 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4: nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build [error: field ‘base’ has incomplete type]

Bug #1403533 reported by Guglielmo Collotta
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This bug affects 180 people
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

An error message appeared multiple times while updating kernel to version 3.18.1, from version 3.17.3

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-331-uvm 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.17.3-031703-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.18.1-031801-generic
Date: Wed Dec 17 15:53:03 2014
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-331-uvm:331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331/331.113/build/nv-drm.c:24:27: error: field ‘base’ has incomplete type
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-22 (421 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageVersion: 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331
Title: nvidia-331-uvm 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4: nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (243 days ago)

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Guglielmo Collotta (gughi-coll) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: Error message while updating kernel nvidia-331-uvm 331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4:
- nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build
+ nvidia-331-uvm kernel module failed to build [error: field ‘base’ has
+ incomplete type]
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VasiaUVI (vasiauvi) wrote :

Ubuntu 14.10:
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331-uvm/331.113/build/make.log for more information.

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Derick Eisenhardt (zephyrxero) wrote :

I got this error today on Xubuntu 14.10. Not sure the cause, happened in the background it would seem.

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koray (korayarabulan) wrote :

i got this error everytime while a new booting or resuming. if i booting, at the top left corner 2 pop-up windows tells the error just before desktop appears, but if it's a resuming pop-up windows number is 4. if you click "cancel" on pop-ups nothing's happening, only pop-ups're disappear.

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