package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #547185 reported by novakov
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

While upgrading from Karmic to Lucid this error came almost at the final stage. I have activated the proprietary driver on Karmic, but now it says it could not update it and that could cause system instability. Below is an extract from the main.log in /var/log/dist-upgrade:

2010-03-25 20:51:02,883 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
'
2010-03-25 20:51:02,884 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-96: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6

2010-03-25 20:51:02,940 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
'
2010-03-25 20:53:51,929 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-glx-96': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
'
2010-03-25 20:53:51,930 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-glx-96: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

2010-03-25 20:53:51,931 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-glx-96': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
'
2010-03-25 20:59:18,445 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Configuring grub-pc)
2010-03-25 21:01:20,602 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96-kernel-source': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
'
2010-03-25 21:01:20,603 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-96-kernel-source: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

2010-03-25 21:01:20,604 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96-kernel-source': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
'
2010-03-25 21:10:00,410 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed
2010-03-25 21:20:44,759 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
2010-03-25 21:20:44,760 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
2010-03-25 21:20:47,348 DEBUG enabling apt cron job

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 25 20:51:03 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: nvidia-96, 96.43.14, 2.6.32-17-generic, i686: installed
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=ecb0b8bc-5eb7-481d-bdce-b81384b6345d ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96
Title: package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/22/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.10
dmi.board.name: P4i65PE
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.10:bd06/22/2005:svn:pnP4i65PE:pvr1.00:rvn:rnP4i65PE:rvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: P4i65PE
dmi.product.version: 1.00
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic

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novakov (stoyan-novakov) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 544781, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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