Public bug reported: Problem occurred on Acer 5920g laptop with Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB. Non of two offered Nvidia drives were able to install. The error I got in a window at the and of "Activation" process is the following: 'SystemError: installArchives() failed'.
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: Off modes: edid-base64: DRM.card0.LVDS.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1280x800 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350 edid-base64: AP///////wAGr3QnAAAAAAEQAQOAIRV4Chz1l1hQjicnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBxxsAoFAgFzAwIDYAS88QAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTU0RVcwMiBWNyAKAJ0= DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: Off modes: edid-base64: Date: Thu Jan 13 13:08:46 2011 DkmsStatus: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 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 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 5920G ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers Title: package nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: v1.3813 dmi.board.name: Chapala dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3813:bd06/18/2008:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire5920G:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnChapala:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5920G dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: apport-package i386 maverick -- 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/702351 Title: package nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 _______________________________________________ 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