NVidia fails everytime a new kernel update is released : nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia kernel module failed to build

[RiCK]

NVidia fails everytime a new kernel update is released.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-150.176-generic 4.4.179
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-150-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.107 Thu May 24 21:54:01 PDT 2018
 GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.11)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:

CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-150-generic
Date: Wed Jun 5 16:51:00 2019
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] [10de:0a20] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GT216 [GeForce GT 220] [1462:1910]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-14 (1301 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
MachineType: HP-Pavilion AY600AA-ABA HPE-127c
PackageVersion: 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-150-generic root=UUID=55fcadff-651e-d101-002c-a5ff651ed101 ro quiet splash nomodeset usbcore.autosuspend=-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.31
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
Title: nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.07
dmi.board.name: IONA
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.07:bd12/21/2009:svnHP-Pavilion:pnAY600AA-ABAHPE-127c:pvr:rvnMSI:rnIONA:rvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: AY600AA-ABA HPE-127c
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia-340_hybrid.conf: [deleted]
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.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Fri Jun 7 07:31:08 2019
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I don't quite understand why this is failing to build:

  ld -r -m elf_x86_64 -z max-page-size=0x200000 -T ./scripts/module-common.lds --build-id -o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.107/build/uvm/nvidia-uvm.ko /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.107/build/uvm/nvidia-uvm.o /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.107/build/uvm/nvidia-uvm.mod.o
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-150-generic'
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
 nvidia-uvm.ko failed to build!
Makefile:216: recipe for target 'nvidia-uvm.ko' failed
make: *** [nvidia-uvm.ko] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/340-340.107/build/uvm'