Comment 3 for bug 292606

Same problem here.

cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"

uname -a
Linux jambo 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

ii linux-firmware 1.2 Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii linux-headers-2.6.27-7 2.6.27-7.16 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.27 on x
ii linux-headers-2.6.27.2 2.6.27.2.HM64 Header files related to Linux kernel, specif
ii linux-headers-generic 2.6.27.7.11 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.27 on x86
ii linux-image-generic 2.6.27.7.11 Generic Linux kernel image
ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.27-7.16 Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.27-7.12 Non-free Linux 2.6.27 modules helper script
ii linux-sound-base 1.0.17.dfsg-2ubuntu1 base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
ii linux-source 2.6.27.7.11 Linux kernel source with Ubuntu patches
ii linux-source-2.6.27 2.6.27-7.16 Linux kernel source for version 2.6.27 with

ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-177-kernel-source 177.80-0ubuntu2 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii nvidia-177-modaliases 177.80-0ubuntu2 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-71-modaliases 71.86.04-0ubuntu10 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.09-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.4 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-glx-177 177.80-0ubuntu2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii nvidia-settings 177.78-0ubuntu2 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

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cd /usr/src/
tar xjf linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2
ln -s linux-source-2.6.27 linux
cd linux
cp /boot/config-2.6.27-7-generic .config
make menuconfig
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --initrd --revision 2.6.27.2.HM64 binary
cd ..
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.27.2_2.6.27.2.HM64_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.27.2_2.6.27.2.HM64_i386.deb
...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27.2.postinst line 1181.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von linux-image-2.6.27.2 (--install):
 Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
Richte linux-headers-2.6.27.2 ein (2.6.27.2.HM64) ...

Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 linux-image-2.6.27.2