Comment 6 for bug 292606

I had to do the following:

sudo chmod -x /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-common

This completes the installation of the custom kernel. However, the
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common is still there. So, I, reinstalled it
 and then purged:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-common
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-common

After that, the file is gone.

Renald

On 11/11/08, dx9s <email address hidden> wrote:
> I have the same problem and I came to same conclusion that it was
> nvidia-common ... upon trying to figure out what package it came from...
> it comes from "nvidia-common" (quite simple).
>
> The weird thing is I didn't have that package installed.. so I installed
> it (and it also flagged other modaliases for different nvidia driver
> versions) ... then removed nvidia-common and the modaliases for the
> versions I didn't need (I must use 173.x as I have legacy nvidia
> hardware).
>
> That should remove the nvidia-common script in /etc/kernel/postinst.d
> (could also remove it manually or what I did early on to work-around:
> "chmod -x nvidia-common" to disable it from running).
>
> Make sure you have nvidia-common package installed (--reinstalled) if
> you need it or removed properly if not using it.
>
> That seems to fix it for me. I suspect there is an issue with properly
> installed/removing that package. If you are still having problems and
> you reinstalled the package... try removing execute permissions from
> that script before installing your custom kernel via the .deb method!
>
> --Doug
>
> --
> dkms - error when installing custom kernel
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292606
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi
>
> After installing Envy (nvidia) in intrepid I have installed a custom kernel
> (based on linux-source package) .
>
> When I install the .deb file it does install correctly and correctly
> installs nvidia module. however I get the following error - also every time
> I do an apt-get upgrade it try to re-do this (and fails...)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-k8
> Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
> Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
> Replacing config file /var/run/grub/menu.lst with new version
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>
> 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-2.6.27.7-k8.postinst line 1181.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27.7-k8 (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up linux-headers-2.6.27.7-k8 (686) ...
>
> - Any ideas how to fix this ?
>