package nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #414780 reported by ranjith
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Binary package hint: nouveau-kernel-source

this is the error occured
Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.28-15-generic cannot be found at
/lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/build or /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/source.
dpkg: error processing nouveau-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau depends on linux-nouveau-modules; however:
  Package linux-nouveau-modules is not installed.
  Package nouveau-kernel-source which provides linux-nouveau-modules is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 nouveau-kernel-source
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
MediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" - Release i386 (20090421.3)
Package: nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: nouveau-kernel-source
Title: package nouveau-kernel-source 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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ranjith (ranjith-sss2004) wrote :
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Martin Pagh Goodwin (martin-goodwin) wrote :

I'll give this a go:

When upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic, I get a similar error -

Setting up nouveau-kernel-source (0.0.15+git20090823-0ubuntu1) ...
Adding Module to DKMS build system
ol ...
Doing initial module build
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.28-16-generic (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/nouveau/0.0.15+git20090823/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing nouveau-kernel-source (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau depends on nouveau-kernel-source (>= 0.0.15); however:
  Package nouveau-kernel-source is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

My /var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log is rather large, but attached (with the other files from dist-upgrade

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Martin Pagh Goodwin (martin-goodwin) wrote :
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Martin Pagh Goodwin (martin-goodwin) wrote :
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Martin Pagh Goodwin (martin-goodwin) wrote :
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Martin Pagh Goodwin (martin-goodwin) wrote :

Workaround:

removing nouveau-kernel-source and xserver-xorg-video-nouveau with synaptic (complete removal used, but I don't think there are many configuration files), and then reinstalling...

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