dkms tries to load the wrong driver fo my card , my card is an Nvidia 7600gs and uses the nvidia-current driver . Ubuntu12.04 precise pangolin (64bit ) up to date , this system is currently using the 290.10 driver . note this occured on an already installed systen when an upgrade was not in process . It aalso occured during an install of Lubuntu from the november 23 daily's (64bit) . that system was black screening on startup and problem could not be reported , the lubuntu system was rendered bootable by hand installing the 290.10 driver downloaded from nvidia .
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1.3-generic 3.2.0-rc2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 290.10 Wed Nov 16 17:39:29 PST 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.2-5ubuntu1)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.2.0-1-generic
Date: Wed Nov 23 22:46:03 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-173, 173.14.30: added
nvidia-current, 285.05.09, 3.2.0-1-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] [10de:0392] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:2221]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111123)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
PackageVersion: 173.14.30-0ubuntu8
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-1-generic root=UUID=8933efa4-03de-4af5-870f-5b6e0b464ac4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173
Title: nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8: nvidia-173 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: FIb
dmi.board.name: GA-M55PLUS-S3G
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrFIb:bd06/10/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-M55PLUS-S3G:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu7
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.27-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu4
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.10.4-1ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
Fixed the duplicate pointer. It should point to bug 876499, not bug 576648. Even though this bug report shows both bugs, only the former is of interest to the reporter.