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package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build

Bug #744863 reported by Diver on 2011-03-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #627022: 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). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

After running:
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

nvidia driver failed to compile.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 29 13:53:59 2011
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
GdmLog2: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
MachineType: Unknow Unknow
PackageVersion: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-30-generic root=UUID=86538ce5-2c08-45ca-a112-31d845433ca8 ro vga=792 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: 12/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: MCP73
dmi.board.vendor: Unknow
dmi.board.version: Unknow
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Unknow
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Unknow
dmi.chassis.version: Unknow
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd12/17/2009:svnUnknow:pnUnknow:pvrUnknow:rvnUnknow:rnMCP73:rvrUnknow:cvnUnknow:ct3:cvrUnknow:
dmi.product.name: Unknow
dmi.product.version: Unknow
dmi.sys.vendor: Unknow
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] Нет такого файла или каталога
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-30-generic

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Diver (diver) wrote on 2011-03-29:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (44.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (10.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (398 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (11.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (10.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (19.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (424 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (107.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (224.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (213 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (14.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (14.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (10.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (285 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (30.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (47.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Diver (diver) wrote on 2011-03-29:

I've fixed it by updating nvidia 195.36 to nvidia 270.29 using this commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 nvidia-common nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings nvidia-current

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-05-26:

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 #627022, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.