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nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates package

nvidia-current-updates 295.49-0ubuntu0.2: nvidia-current-updates kernel module failed to build

Bug #1052036 reported by NeroBurner on 2012-09-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #552286: package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (Failed CC sanity check). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04

i tried to install the proprietary drivers for my nvidia graphics card on my fresh installed Lubuntu 12.04. The installation failed and i shall read the log-file for more information /var/log/jockey.log

the following is the content of /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current-updates/295.49/build/make.log

DKMS make.log for nvidia-current-updates-295.49 for kernel 3.2.0-30-generic (x86_64)
Mon Sep 17 17:42:19 CEST 2012

The C compiler 'cc' does not appear to be able to
create executables. Please make sure you have
your Linux distribution's gcc and libc development
packages installed.

*** Failed CC sanity check. Bailing out! ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-current-updates 295.49-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.2.0-30-generic
Date: Mon Sep 17 17:42:23 2012
PackageVersion: 295.49-0ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates
Title: nvidia-current-updates 295.49-0ubuntu0.2: nvidia-current-updates kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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NeroBurner (neroburner) wrote on 2012-09-17:

jockey.log Edit (187.4 KiB, text/plain)
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (367 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (338 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-09-17

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-09-18:

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 552286, 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.