nvidia driver 173 cannot be installed under kernel3.0
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
TEST CASE:
Starting with a fresh Ubuntu 10.04.3 installation...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-image-
# or should that be: install linux-lts-
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-
# REBOOT
sudo apt-get install nvidia-173
# The above command fails with an error.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
I had to install an older graphics card, and /usr/bin/jockey-gtk recommended to install nvidia driver 173. However, installation failed.
System is Lucid 10.04.3 and kernel is reported by uname as :
3.0.0-8-generic #11~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 17 15:28:57 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
Attempts to install via jockey ended with "SystemError: installArchives() failed"
Using apt-get upgrade resulted in:
Loading new nvidia-
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.0.0-8-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.0.0-8-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.0.0-8-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von nvidia-173 (--configure):
Unterprozess installiertes post-installati
Verarbeite Trigger für python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/
Verarbeite Trigger für python-support ...
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
nvidia-173
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
same result when trying to install nvidia driver 96