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Public bug reported:

I ran the command:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

And received this error.

Maverick 10.10
Linux duanedesign-laptop 2.6.35-19-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 29 06:34:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nvidia-current:
  Installed: 256.53-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 256.53-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 256.53-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I ran apt-get install -f to try and fix the partial install.

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  nvidia-current
Version: 256.53
Kernel:  2.6.35-19-generic (x86_64)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

nvidia-current.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/2.6.35-19-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall Completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 256.53
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new nvidia-current-256.53 DKMS files...
Building for 2.6.35-19-generic and 2.6.36-020636rc2-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 2.6.35-19-generic
Done.

nvidia-current.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.35-19-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.
Building initial module for 2.6.36-020636rc2-generic
patch: **** malformed patch at line 5: static struct file_operations nv_fops = {


Error! Application of patch nvidia-2.6.36-ioctl.patch failed.
Check /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/256.53/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nvidia-current 256.53-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  256.44  Thu Jul 29 01:22:44 PDT 2010
 GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.5 20100824 (prerelease) (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-9ubuntu2)
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep  3 21:48:56 2010
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 256.53, 2.6.35-19-generic, x86_64: installed
ErrorMessage: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP G60 Notebook PC
PackageVersion: 256.53-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=a503c59e-b1cb-4b51-88f9-f0a1fd1d5281 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Title: package nvidia-current 256.53-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
dmi.bios.date: 08/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.54
dmi.board.name: 303C
dmi.board.vendor: Wistron
dmi.board.version: 08.60
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Wistron
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.54:bd08/18/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPG60NotebookPC:pvrF.54:rvnWistron:rn303C:rvr08.60:cvnWistron:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP G60 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: F.54
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           maverick
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.35-19-generic

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package maverick

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package nvidia-current 256.53-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: nvidia-current kernel module failed to build
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629886
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