Hey Don - When your computer boots up, go ahead and make sure an Ethernet cable is plugged in. Then hold down control and alt and press "F1" - you'll be prompted to login with the user account you created. Then run this command exactly: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
It will prompt you for your password and such. I'm not sure that will completely fix it - you may also have to remove the nvidia driver from your system as well - if that's the case type the following: sudo apt-get remove nvidia- BUT DO NOT HIT ENTER. Hit tab twice - it should show you the available packages to remove... something along the lines of nvidia-313-updates Go ahead and complete the line with whatever is shown ( ignore the packages with settings and common in the name ). Reboot and you should have you desktop back. Once you've done that you should be able to install the nvidia driver again and it should be fine - I suggest the 313 package as that is the one I've gotten to work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576648 Title: package nvidia-* failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-* kernel module failed to build (Unable to determine the target kernel version.) Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-313-updates” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-304” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: WORKAROUND: Revert back to the kernel version that your Ubuntu release came with: Ubuntu 10.04 --> kernel 2.6.32 Ubuntu 11.04 --> kernel 2.6.38 TEST CASE FOR 10.04: Starting with a fresh Ubuntu 10.04.3 installation... sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.0.0-8-generic # or should that be: install linux-lts-backport-oneiric ? # REBOOT sudo apt-get install nvidia-173 # The above command fails with an error. # Check the exact error: cat /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-173/*/build/make.log ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Brand new install of 10.04 onto a formatted hard drive. The upgrade icon said there was a restricted driver available - I clicked it. When I was running a Windows XP VMWare image, the video seemed to completely reset. I had to shut down and restart. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: nvidia-current 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 6 16:43:59 2010 DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) MachineType: LENOVO 64576DU PackageVersion: 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 32-bit PC Card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=e48c7906-adfe-4aef-b42f-afbb2328f9c3 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 dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7LET51WW (1.21 ) dmi.board.name: 64576DU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LET51WW(1.21):bd08/22/2007:svnLENOVO:pn64576DU:pvrThinkPadT61:rvnLENOVO:rn64576DU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 64576DU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/576648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
