Ok - I think this dumb cow has managed to somehow stepped on the bug/rat & squashed it (old Asian proverb) To make the long story short: binutil was installed but ld was not = prob problem was missing items from the package so: $ sudo apt-get remove binutils $ sudo apt-get install binutils
Solved the missing 'ld' problem, which was reported by an error when I attempted to install $sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-331.67.run Even after 'binutils' re-install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-331.67.run failed for unknown reason >>>>nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' >>>>creation time: Mon Apr 21 20:58:15 2014 >>>>installer version: 331.67 >>>>PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin >>>>nvidia-installer command line: >>>> ./nvidia-installer >>>>Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface >>>>-> License accepted. >>>>-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 331.67. >>>>-> Running distribution scripts >>>> executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'... >>>>-> done. >>>>-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! >>>>Continue installation anyway? (Answer: No) As last attempt (& sick of loud fan noise after coming back from 'suspend' state) I typed in, which worked: $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates >DKMS: install completed. >Setting up nvidia-current-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ... >Setting up nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ... >Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates (304.117-0ubuntu1) ... >Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ... >Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4) ... >update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic Of course we need to, but did see an ERROR $ sudo nvidia-xconfig >Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". >VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > Device section "Default Device" must have a Driver line. >Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as >'/etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original' >Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' >New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' Did it again $ sudo nvidia-xconfig >Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". >Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' >New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' After this I simply switched to latest Nvidia driver from "Software & Update" by choosing (o) Using NVIDIA binary driver - version 331.38 from nvidia-331 (proprietary, tested) So this is now solved - at least for me! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310140 Title: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to install lubuntu 14.04 Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: got bbswitch-dkms error while installing ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-24-generic Date: Sun Apr 20 09:55:43 2014 DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-331:331.38-0ubuntu7:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331/331.38/build/conftest/macros.h:1:2: error: #error INIT_WORK() conftest failed! PackageVersion: 331.38-0ubuntu7 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 Title: nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1310140/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
