nvidia-dkms-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build

[Stewart Hildebrand]

Ran into this while installing linux-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge on a Dell Latitude E6520 with NVIDIA NVS 4200M graphics.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nvidia-dkms-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-54.60-lowlatency 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-54-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.8.0-29-lowlatency
Date: Sun Nov 22 12:05:26 2020
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-dkms-390:390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.138/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:534:17: error: too many arguments to function ‘__vmalloc’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-05 (322 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageVersion: 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
Title: nvidia-dkms-390 390.138-0ubuntu0.20.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-13 (192 days ago)

[Stewart Hildebrand (stewdk)]

Log from the package install:

stew@stew-Latitude-E6520:~$ sudo apt install linux-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29 linux-image-5.8.0-29-lowlatency
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency
Suggested packages:
  fdutils linux-doc | linux-hwe-5.8-source-5.8.0 linux-hwe-5.8-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29 linux-image-5.8.0-29-lowlatency
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge linux-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 77.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 372 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29 all 5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1 [11.3 MB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency amd64 5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1 [1,232 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge amd64 5.8.0.29.31~20.04.16 [2,536 B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency amd64 5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1 [55.0 MB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-5.8.0-29-lowlatency amd64 5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1 [9,557 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge amd64 5.8.0.29.31~20.04.16 [2,632 B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge amd64 5.8.0.29.31~20.04.16 [1,924 B]
Fetched 77.1 MB in 12s (6,252 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29.
(Reading database ... 221722 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29_5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-29 (5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency.
Preparing to unpack .../1-linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency_5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-5.8.0-29-lowlatency (5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge.
Preparing to unpack .../2-linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge_5.8.0.29.31~20.04.16_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (5.8.0.29.31~20.04.16) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency.
Preparing to unpack .../3-linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency_5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-5.8.0-29-lowlatency (5.8.0-29.31~20.04.1) ....

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Александр Карабанов (zend-karabanov)]

I have this problem too.

Kernel version:
linux-image-5.8.0-36-generic 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1

Grafic card version:
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd000011B6sv0000103Csd00002255bc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M]

Crash log in attach file

[Александр Карабанов (zend-karabanov)]

On version 390.141 this bug has resolved

[Stewart Hildebrand (stewdk)]

Confirmed resolved with nvidia 390.141 and kernel 5.8.0-36-lowlatency. Thanks!

[Bruno Rocha Coutinho (bruno-r-coutinho)]

Solved updating to 390.141 too.