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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

package nvidia-173 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build

Bug #727916 reported by blm14 on 2011-03-02

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #576648: package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (Unable to determine the target kernel version.). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

tried to install nvidia-173 and it failed and now I cannot uninstall it either

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-173 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 2 12:25:12 2011
ErrorMessage: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 690
PackageVersion: 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=e56ae2ba-ea38-4478-b5e8-f26f4e819d27 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Title: package nvidia-173 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0MY171
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd12/22/2006:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStation690:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0MY171:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation 690
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-29-generic

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blm14 (blm14) wrote on 2011-03-02:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (54.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (987 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (492 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (10.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (40.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (648 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (109.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (245.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (13.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (13.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (767 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (24.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (251 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (54.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-06-02:

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 #576648, 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.