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package nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build

Bug #592703 reported by Kevin Donnelly on 2010-06-11

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 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

New install, clicked to install the proprietary drivers, download seemed to go OK, but there was an error at the end about (IIRC) installArchives.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg:
[ 16.523851] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 1
[ 16.525044] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 1
[ 21.328021] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 22.441962] __ratelimit: 9 callbacks suppressed
Date: Fri Jun 11 15:57:17 2010
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.15: added
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
GdmLog1: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.1'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.1: No such file or directory
GdmLog2: Error: command ['cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0458:0018 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1631:5000 Good Way Technology
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-7260
PackageVersion: 195.36.15-0ubuntu3
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=2ad869d5-b615-4984-97cb-6fd95526e66b ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
XorgConf:

dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080014
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7260
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd06/02/2006:svnMSI:pnMS-7260:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7260:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7260
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic

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Kevin Donnelly (donnek) wrote on 2010-06-11:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (46.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (977 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (31.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (26.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (637 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (141.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (273.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (33.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (977 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (47.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2011-05-26:

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.