Ben's 2.6.27 failed to install on Intrepid+nVidia

[Alberto Milone]

On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 16:57 -0700, Scott Bronson wrote:
> Is this easy to fix?
> 
> 
> root at eva-intrepid:/tmp# dpkg -i *.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package
> linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic.
> (Reading database ... 111780 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic (from
> linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.1_i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic.
> Unpacking linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic (from
> linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic_2.6.27-1.1_i386.deb) ...
> Done.
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
> linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic:
>  linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.27-1;
> however:
>   Package linux-headers-2.6.27-1 is not installed.
> dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-1-generic (2.6.27-1.1) ...
> Running depmod.
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-generic
> Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> 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: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-5-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/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
>  * Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel
> 2.6.27-1-generic           
>  *  nvidia (177.13)...
> nvidia (177.13): Installing module.
> .......(bad exit status: 10)
>   Build failed.  Installation skipped.
> 
> [fail]
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
> 
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic
> 
> 

You should install all the dependencies.

Here's the problem:

linux-headers-2.6.27-1-generic depends on linux-headers-2.6.27-1;
however:
Package linux-headers-2.6.27-1 is not installed

Install linux-headers-2.6.27-1 otherwise the kernel module for the
NVIDIA driver won't be built.

Regards,

Alberto