Nvidia Drivers in Latest Kernal Update

[halw]

The latest kernal update3.13.0.12 is having a problem with nvidia graphics drivers. Can't site the error specifically during upgrade but I think it was something about a compile error with the drivers.

Long story short, Desktop does not have the resolution it had before this upgrade/update.

[Teunis]

Last night I downloaded the Alpha2 and installed it on this Tinkpad W520.
It was not possible to get the nVidia drivers installed, indeed a compile error.
Today there was a new version of the kernel and nVidia did install correctly.

Strange is you have an issue with 3.13.0-12, mine was with -11

Last night's error log (/var/log/jockey.log):

Adding system user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 115) ...
Adding new group `nvidia-persistenced' (GID 125) ...
Adding new user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 115) with group `nvidia-persistenced' ...
Not creating home directory `/'.
Loading new nvidia-331-updates-331.38 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-11-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.13.0-11-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-11-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331-updates/331.38/build/make.log for more information.
Setting up nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates (331.38-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates (331.38-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.18-0ubuntu7) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-11-generic

2014-02-23 23:06:29,437 WARNING: modinfo for module nvidia_331_updates failed: modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia_331_updates not found.

2014-02-23 23:06:29,437 WARNING: /sys/module/nvidia_331_updates/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind nvidia_331_updates driver
2014-02-23 23:16:02,954 DEBUG: updating <jockey.detection.LocalKernelModulesDriverDB instance at 0x251b440>
2014-02-23 23:16:07,560 DEBUG: reading modalias file /lib/modules/3.13.0-11-generic/modules.alias
2014-02-23 23:16:07,674 DEBUG: reading modalias file /usr/share/jockey/modaliases/b43
2014-02-23 23:16:07,685 DEBUG: reading modalias file /usr/share/jockey/modaliases/disable-upstream-nvidia
2014-02-23 23:16:07,768 DEBUG: loading custom handler /usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py
2014-02-23 23:16:07,774 WARNING: Invalid custom handler module /usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/detection.py", line 950, in get_handlers
execfile(mod, symb)
File "/usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py", line 11, in <module>
from NvidiaDetector.alternatives import Alternatives
ImportError: No module named NvidiaDetector.alternatives

[halw]

Following are part of the message received during update.

Loading new nvidia-304-304.117 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-12-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.13.0-12-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-12-generic (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-304/304.117/build/make.log for more information.
Setting up nvidia-libopencl1-304 (304.117-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-304 (304.117-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.18-0ubuntu7) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-12-generic

2014-02-24 11:28:48,577 WARNING: modinfo for module nvidia_304 failed: modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia_304 not found.

[Teunis]

Ah yes, you tried with a rather old driver, 304, I went with the latest, 331.

[halw]

I have a bit of an older system I'm running this on. It has a Nvidia GeForce 6600GT GPU. When I went into 'Additonal Drivers' the 331 driver was not listed.

[Teunis]

OK, that's a valid choice.
Still strange it worked for you on -11 and not on -12 while it's the other way around for me.

Have you checked this log for further info on the failure?
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-304/304.117/build/make.log

[halw]

Here it is.

DKMS make.log for nvidia-304-304.117 for kernel 3.13.0-12-generic (i686)
Mon Feb 24 11:32:56 EST 2014
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

[oshunluvr]

What's the output of dkms status

[halw]

What's the output of dkms status

hlw@hlw-K8N-E-Deluxe:~$ dkms status
nvidia-304, 304.117: added

[halw]

Switched to following and resolution is back to 1600x900.

hlw@hlw-K8N-E-Deluxe:~$ dkms status
nvidia-304-updates, 304.117, 3.13.0-12-generic, i686: installed
hlw@hlw-K8N-E-Deluxe:~$