Public bug reported: While upgrading from Karmic to Lucid this error came almost at the final stage. I have activated the proprietary driver on Karmic, but now it says it could not update it and that could cause system instability. Below is an extract from the main.log in /var/log/dist-upgrade:
2010-03-25 20:51:02,883 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6 ' 2010-03-25 20:51:02,884 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-96: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6 2010-03-25 20:51:02,940 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96': 'subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6 ' 2010-03-25 20:53:51,929 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-glx-96': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ' 2010-03-25 20:53:51,930 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-glx-96: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 2010-03-25 20:53:51,931 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-glx-96': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ' 2010-03-25 20:59:18,445 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Configuring grub-pc) 2010-03-25 21:01:20,602 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96-kernel-source': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ' 2010-03-25 21:01:20,603 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() nvidia-96-kernel-source: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 2010-03-25 21:01:20,604 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'nvidia-96-kernel-source': 'dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ' 2010-03-25 21:10:00,410 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed 2010-03-25 21:20:44,759 DEBUG enabling apt cron job 2010-03-25 21:20:44,760 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py' 2010-03-25 21:20:47,348 DEBUG enabling apt cron job ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 25 20:51:03 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 DkmsStatus: nvidia-96, 96.43.14, 2.6.32-17-generic, i686: installed ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=ecb0b8bc-5eb7-481d-bdce-b81384b6345d ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 Title: package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686 dmi.bios.date: 06/22/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.10 dmi.board.name: P4i65PE dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.10:bd06/22/2005:svn:pnP4i65PE:pvr1.00:rvn:rnP4i65PE:rvr1.0: dmi.product.name: P4i65PE dmi.product.version: 1.00 system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid -- package nvidia-96 96.43.14-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/547185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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