ok, so I reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04.1 64bit (added the pre-released updates
source) and did the all the normal updates, including the 2.6.32-34-generic
kernel upgrade. then I installed the recommended hardware drivers from the
GUI. Everything seemed to work perfectly fine the way a casual user might do
it. It installed the 195.36.24 nvidia drivers for my gts 250 nvidia. If you
need any more info, tell me.



On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:

> Verification done using the test case in the description. I downloaded the
> (i386) packages directly:
>
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/i386/nvidia-current/195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/i386/nvidia-96/96.43.17-0ubuntu1.1
>
> However this was done in a VM as I no longer have nvidia hardware.
> Someone with actual nvidia hardware needs to test the packages too.
>
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> duplicate bug report (787838).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627022
>
> Title:
>  package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to
>  install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
>  (nv.c:417: error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer)
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” package in Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” source package in Lucid:
>  Fix Committed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” source package in Lucid:
>  Fix Committed
> Status in Gentoo Linux:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  IMPACT:
>
>  The NVIDIA driver fails to build on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS if you have
>  upgraded your kernel to >= 2.6.36. The offending kernel change was
>  commit b19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249 in 2.6.36 stable.
>
>
>  TEST CASE:
>
>  Starting with a clean Ubuntu 10.04 installation...
>      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa && sudo apt-get update
>      sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-backport-natty
> linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-natty
>      sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
>  Installation of nvidia-current will fail for the newer kernel. Now to
> verify it's the same error at nv.c:417:
>      tail /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/*/build/make.log
>  ("error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer")
>
>
>  FIX:
>
>  ifdef out the deprecated structure field, which is no longer present
>  in Linux kernels >= 2.6.36. NVIDIA have already implemented a similar
>  fix upstream, apparently in driver version ~260.19.06 onward.
>
>
>  NOTES:
>
>  This seems to be the same bug in both the 96 and 195 series nvidia
> drivers:
>  nv.c:244 (nvidia-96 96.43.17-0ubuntu1) == nv.c:417 (nvidia-current
> 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04)
>
>
>  REGRESSION POTENTIAL:
>
>  Low. We are only #ifdef'ing out a structure member that no longer
>  exists. Its replacement is already present in both newer and older
>  kernels, and is used (redundantly) by the NVIDIA driver source because
>  the removal of the 'ioctl' field had been planned for a long time.
>
>
>  ORIGINAL BUG REPORT:
>
>  ProblemType: Package
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>  Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.25~lucid1-generic 2.6.35.3
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Mon Aug 30 15:20:49 2010
>  ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64
> (20100427.1)
>  Lsusb:
>   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1241:1503 Belkin Keyboard
>   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M61P-S3
>  PackageVersion: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
>  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic
> root=UUID=854b6439-6806-4a32-ae7b-c2024e888b20 ro quiet splash
>  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
>  Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to
> install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
>  dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2009
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: F7f
>  dmi.board.name: M61P-S3
>  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF7f:bd06/18/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM61P-S3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM61P-S3:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
>  dmi.product.name: M61P-S3
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  system:
>   distro:             Ubuntu
>   codename:           lucid
>   architecture:       x86_64
>   kernel:             2.6.35-19-generic
>
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