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Comment 55 for bug 627022

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Elling Melle (ebmelle-j) wrote : Re: [Bug 627022] Re: 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)

I am in the habit of installing all updates from Canonical as soon as
available, and noted some time ago that the problem no longer seemed to
exist after a routine update. Unfortunately I did not note the date or time
of the update that did the trick.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Zerin Sakech <email address hidden>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> > 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
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >
> >
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/627022/+subscriptions
> >
>
>
> --
> Later, like from, Zerin Sakech
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (796091).
> 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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