build of nvidia kernel module fails
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Alberto Milone |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-
When installing nvidia-
$sudo apt-get install nvidia-
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
nvidia-glx-96
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nvidia-
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/5680kB of archives.
After this operation, 18.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-
(Reading database ... 86135 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nvidia-
Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-glx-96.
Unpacking nvidia-glx-96 (from .../nvidia-
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nvidia-
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Adding Module to DKMS build system
driver version= 96.43.05
Doing initial module build
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.27-3-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/
Installing initial module
Error! Could not locate nvidia.ko for module nvidia in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.27-3-generic (i686) first.
Done.
Setting up nvidia-glx-96 (96.43.
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
$ apt-cache policy nvidia-
nvidia-
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 96.43.05-0ubuntu10
Version table:
96.
500 http://
linux-headers-
Installed: 2.6.27-3.4
Candidate: 2.6.27-3.4
Version table:
*** 2.6.27-3.4 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
linux-image-
Installed: 2.6.27-3.4
Candidate: 2.6.27-3.4
Version table:
*** 2.6.27-3.4 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Thanks for taking the time to report the problem.
This bug won't be fixed until NVIDIA fixes bug #251107 because, even if the kernel module could be built it wouldn't be possible to load it because it's not compatible with the new Xorg ABI.