Weird, looks like you didn't have gcc installed for some reason, so it couldn't build the kernel driver:
DKMS make.log for nvidia-current-195.36.24 for kernel 2.6.32-24-generic (i686) Sat Oct 30 17:31:11 EDT 2010 The C compiler 'cc' does not appear to be able to create executables. Please make sure you have your Linux distribution's gcc and libc development packages installed. *** Failed CC sanity check. Bailing out! *** make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1 Did you end up finding a way to work around this? Or, do you have additional information as to why gcc would not have been present? Since it appears to be a build system issue I'm bumping this bug to dkms. ** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) => dkms (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: dkms (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668887 Title: package nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp