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nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package

nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,)

Bug #1717246 reported by amon on 2017-09-14

This bug affects 10 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04

nvidia-340:
  Installiert: 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  Installationskandidat: 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  Versionstabelle:
*** 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/restricted amd64 Packages
     340.96-0ubuntu3 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/restricted amd64 Packages

expected to be able to build kernel module with Kernel(-image & -headers) 4.11.0-14-generic.
just got an error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.04.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Ist ein Verzeichnis: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:04:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.102 Mon Jan 16 13:06:29 PST 2017
GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.11.0-14-generic
Date: Thu Sep 14 14:04:50 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.10.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.10.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-340, 340.102: added
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-340:340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.102/build/nv-drm.c:124:15: error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] [10de:0866] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] C79 [GeForce 9400M G] [1025:0160]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-16 (29 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5737Z
PackageVersion: 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-33-generic root=UUID=c62a2411-5d52-4b5b-ab0b-be0119fe97e1 ro priority=low quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
Title: nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.05
dmi.board.name: KALA0
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd02/13/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire5737Z:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnKALA0:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5737Z
dmi.product.version: V1.05
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Thu Sep 14 10:06:20 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2

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amon (amon-san) wrote on 2017-09-14:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (412 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.txt Edit (5.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (63.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (440.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (26.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.3 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (107.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (25.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (444 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NvidiaBugReportLog.txt Edit (760 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (757 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (132.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (25.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (25.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (772 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz Edit (77.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (261.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (50.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.devices.txt Edit (416 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-09-14

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-09-15

summary:	nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to - build + build [error: initialization from incompatible pointer type + [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,]
summary:	nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to - build [error: initialization from incompatible pointer type - [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,] + build (error: initialization from incompatible pointer type + [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-10-06: Re: nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to build (error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,)

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-10-16

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
summary:	- nvidia-340 340.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.2: nvidia-340 kernel module failed to - build (error: initialization from incompatible pointer type - [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = nv_drm_unload,) + nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (error: initialization from + incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .unload = + nv_drm_unload,)

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Mark Lila (mark-lilas) wrote on 2018-02-03:

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