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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build

Bug #960432 reported by Roelof on 2012-03-20

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

every time a new kernel is updated, the nvidia display driver chokes and I need to 'reinstall' the driver from the nvidia site, otherwise only 'low res' is available. the driver from the repository does not install anymore

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 16 19:29:27 2012
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.24: added
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0603:00f2 Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 15a4:9016 Afatech Technologies, Inc. AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
PackageVersion: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=942f1452-3ace-4fce-a42f-bce39c6d86cc ro splash vga=795 quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.60
dmi.board.name: AMCP7A-ION
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
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.:bvrP1.60:bd08/26/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnAMCP7A-ION:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 3.0.0-17-generic

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Roelof (roelof.heuvel) wrote on 2012-03-20:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (46.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (975 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (10.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (434 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (16.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (106.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (234.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (13.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (49.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (9.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (26.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (975 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (411 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (60.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-03-21:

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.