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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

package nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build

Bug #877931 reported by Ivann48
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Bug Description

  $ ubuntu-bug nvidia-graphics-drivers-173

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21ppa1~natty1-lowlatency 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-lowlatency i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 19 04:27:03 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ErrorMessage: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: DreamStudio 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageVersion: 173.14.30-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Title: package nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Ivann48 (ivann48) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

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.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

This bug is due to the kernel being upgraded to a version that the Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 11.04 does not support.

You can avoid this bug either by reverting back to the kernel version 2.6.38 that Ubuntu 11.04 is meant to use, or by upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10.

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