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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

I tried to install VirtualBox, but the error mostly happens when stuff gets compiled after a install. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.38, from there on, this happens

Bug #768882 reported by theunsheydenrych on 2011-04-22

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

I installed the nvidia drivers from the nvidia site. i also upgraded the kernel to 2.6.38 for the wifi to work on the machine.
From there on when something re-compile when something new is installed through apt-get, i get these nvidia errors.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27~lucid1-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 22 10:51:30 2011
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 195.36.24: added
vboxhost, 4.0.6, 2.6.38-1-generic, x86_64: installed
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L702X
PackageVersion: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic root=UUID=8350689a-4262-4250-b175-a76fe196e7f3 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: 03/17/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Emerald Lake
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: FAB1
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd03/17/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL702X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rnEmeraldLake:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L702X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.38-1-generic

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theunsheydenrych (theunsheydenrych) wrote on 2011-04-22:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (53.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (9.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (13.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (28.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (512 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (125.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (276.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (44.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (20.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-06-15:

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.