Public bug reported: I have Acer Aspire 4740G, and the GeForce 310M on it. It happens when I try to install restricted driver for Nvidia on my USB stick ubuntu.
$ ubuntu-bug nvidia-graphics-drivers "returns that the package does not exist" 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: 1366x768 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350 edid-base64: AP///////wAw5IsBAAAAAAASAQOAHxF4Ck6FnltVlSYcUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBPhxWoFAAFjAwIDUANa4QAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/gBMUDE0MFdIMS1UTEEyAOs= DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: Off modes: edid-base64: Date: Tue Mar 29 19:05:34 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 Aspire 4740 ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity 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: 02/01/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.05 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Aspire 4740 dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V1.05 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V1.05 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd02/01/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire4740:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnAspire4740:rvrV1.05:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.05: dmi.product.name: Aspire 4740 dmi.product.version: V1.05 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer 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: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745188 Title: package nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs