Public bug reported: Booted from USB stick, and tried to enable desktop effects (normal level) which in turn triggered the nvidia driver installation to start, which failed with a message saying: "SystemError: installArchives() failed"
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: nvidia-current (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Aug 31 21:30:56 2010 DkmsStatus: ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15' 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 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: MSI MS-7588 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz 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 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15' dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.1 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P55M-GD45 (MS-7588) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.1:bd09/04/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7588:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnP55M-GD45(MS-7588):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7588 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid -- package nvidia-current (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/nvidia-current/libnvidia-compiler.so.195.36.15' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers 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