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nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.3: nvidia-experimental-310 kernel module failed to build on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with kernel 3.8.0-27-generic

Bug #1206634 reported by Tiger on 2013-07-30

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-experimental-310 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

1.)
##lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
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2.)
##apt-cache policy nvidia-experimental-310
nvidia-experimental-310:
  Installed: 310.14-0ubuntu0.3
  Candidate: 310.14-0ubuntu0.3
  Version table:
*** 310.14-0ubuntu0.3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
------------------------

3.) + 4.)
Tried to install the new experimental Nvidia driver on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation with a new kernel 3.8.0-27-generic through "additional drivers"-tool, but it failed.
Then tried with terminal, driver was already installed.
I removed the nouveau driver and activated "nvidia" in xorg.conf and then rebooted. -> Unity 2D mode
A reinstall of the driver in terminal caused this error message and explains that the nvidia module might have some troubles with my recently installed new linux kernel. Don't know how to solve this issue...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40~precise3-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-27-generic
Date: Tue Jul 30 20:08:25 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: 310.14-0ubuntu0.3
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310
Title: nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.3: nvidia-experimental-310 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-08 (448 days ago)

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Tiger (stefan-bina) wrote on 2013-07-30:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (983 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (954 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote on 2013-07-30: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Private Security → Public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-07-30

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-07-31:

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.