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nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 package

Doesn't install on 19.10: nvidia-dkms-430 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6

Asked by Andy Jenkins

The 418 driver was working for me previously but then an 'apt upgrade' failed.

The package remained unconfigured and trying 'dpkg --configure nvidia-dkms-430' or trying to reinstall failed with the following:

Error! Application of patch do-not-call-pci_save_state.patch failed.
Check /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.64/build/ for more information.

No information seemed to be present in the folder mentioned.

Is this a bug or have I done something wrong?

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Bashing-om (bashing-om) said : 		#1

Andy Jenkins; Hello

"Is this a bug or have I done something wrong?" remains to be seen :)

Show us:
dpkg -l | grep linux-
dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

-we see what is to be done-

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

I am a bit astonished to see a message mentioning nvidia/430.64 if the version in the Ubuntu repository is 430.50

Please also provide the output that you receive for the commands

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
apt-cache policy nvidia-dkms-430
ls -l /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.*/build/

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Andy Jenkins (andy-jenks) said : 		#3

Thank you both for the swift replies.
Manfred's answer flipped a switch in my brain - it turns out I was using the graphics-drivers PPA and had forgotten about it. I have since purged and reinstalled the package from the repo and it works now.

Apologies.

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Lauren Connors (laurayco) said : 		#4

Andy, can you provide me with information on how you installed the package from the repo? I'm also in your situation but I'm not sure exactly what that means.

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Lauren Connors (laurayco) said : 		#5

Ahhh, sorry to bother. I believe I figured it out - it's just a matter of removing the PPA from my sources and using the "Canonical Partners" option. I interpreted your message to mean you did a git pull to manually build / install.

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Andy Jenkins (andy-jenks) said : 		#6

Hi Lauren, yes that's exactly what I did. I removed the PPA from my sources, then ran

apt purge nvidia*
apt update
apt install nvidia-driver-430