package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build

[aguy]

upgrade of ubuntu 9.10 to ubuntu 10.04

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 21 22:32:02 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ErrorMessage: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4550
Package: nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu6
PackageVersion: 96.43.14-0ubuntu6
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=fe9c8b64-1be0-4a22-9fc6-6ca15f8ebcb5 ro single
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu8
 libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20091125.0061c4db-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96
Title: package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/23/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA08:bd09/23/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension4550:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 4550
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-17-generic

[Alberto Milone (albertomilone)]

Can you attach the output of the following commands, please?
dkms status

sudo aptitude search header

[aguy (astyguy-deactivatedaccount)]

v libastro-fits-header-cfitsio -
v libastro-fits-header-item -
p libastro-fits-header-perl - Perl tools for reading, modifying and writing FITS headers
p libatlas-headers - Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software,C header files
p libaudio-flac-header-perl - Perl interface to FLAC file header metadata
p libcomplearn1-headers - machine-learning through data compression header files
p libcoveb1-headers - cache oblivious van Emde Boas tree header files (coveb librar
p libogg-vorbis-header-perl - perl interface to Ogg Vorbis information and comments
p libogg-vorbis-header-pureperl-perl - pure Perl interface to Ogg Vorbis information fields
p libqsearch1-headers - machine-learning through data compression header files
p libqt3-compat-headers - Qt 1.x and 2.x compatibility includes
p libqt3-headers - Qt3 header files
p libtango-headers - The Developer's Library for D -- Headers
p libtext-header-perl - RFC 822/2068 header and unheader functions
i A libxmu-headers - X11 miscellaneous utility library headers
v linux-headers -
v linux-headers-2.6 -
i linux-headers-2.6.28-10 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.28
i A linux-headers-2.6.28-8 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.28
i A linux-headers-2.6.28-9 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.28
p linux-headers-2.6.31-10-rt - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on Ingo Molnar's full
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-14 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.31
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on x86/x86_64
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-16 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.31
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on x86/x86_64
i linux-headers-2.6.31-17 - Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.31
i linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic - Linux kernel headers f...

[dweez (dw33z1l)]

I received the same crash report. Here is the command results you requested from blokeinlondon above.

dkms status ==>
nvidia-96, 96.43.14: added

sudo aptitude search header ==>
v libastro-fits-header-cfitsio -
v libastro-fits-header-item -
p libastro-fits-header-perl - Perl tools for reading, modifying and writ
p libatlas-headers - Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Softwar
p libaudio-flac-header-perl - Perl interface to FLAC file header metadat
p libcomplearn1-headers - machine-learning through data compression
p libcoveb1-headers - cache oblivious van Emde Boas tree header
p libogg-vorbis-header-perl - perl interface to Ogg Vorbis information a
p libogg-vorbis-header-pureperl-p - pure Perl interface to Ogg Vorbis informat
p libqsearch1-headers - machine-learning through data compression
p libqt3-compat-headers - Qt 1.x and 2.x compatibility includes
p libqt3-headers - Qt3 header files
p libtango-headers - The Developer's Library for D -- Headers
p libtext-header-perl - RFC 822/2068 header and unheader functions
p libxmu-headers - X11 miscellaneous utility library headers
v linux-headers -
v linux-headers-2.6 -
p linux-headers-2.6.31-10-rt - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-14 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-15 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-15-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-16 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-17 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
i A linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.31 on
p linux-headers-2.6.32-10 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
i A linux-headers-2.6.32-11 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
p linux-headers-2.6.32-11-386 - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
i A linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
p linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
i linux-headers-2.6.32-12 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
p linux-headers-2.6.32-12-386 - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
i linux-headers-2.6.32-12-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
p linux-headers-2.6.32-12-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
p linux-headers-2.6.32-301 - Header files related to Linux kernel versi
p linux-headers-2.6.32-301-ec2 - Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on
p linux-headers-386 ...