I'm not sure whether this is related to this bug but I was unable to install nvidia drivers because my default compiler was set to an older version as default (gcc 4.4). Setting the default back to 4.8 solved the problem and I was able to install the drivers. I found this bug report because I got a similar error message when trying to manually install the proprietary nvidia drivers. When installing from the repos I didn't get an error message at all.
-- 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/1311104 Title: nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7: nvidia-331 kernel module failed to build [macros.h:1:2: error: #error INIT_WORK() conftest failed!] Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have just installed ubuntu 14.04 on amd64 hardware, and nouveau is unstable with my NVIDIA Geforce 8200 integrated graphics. Tried to install nvidia-331 using sudo apt-get install nvidia-331, but the build failed along with the dkms build (and I think something else later). The error messages during the build were: Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3-13.0-24-generic (x86-64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-331/331.38/build/make.log for more information Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3-13.0-24-generic (x86-64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/bbswitch/0.7/build/make.log for more information I've also tried downloading and installing the nvidia driver direct from nvidia: this also fails with a different build error message ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nvidia-331 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-24-generic Date: Tue Apr 22 14:00:34 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) modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia.331.hybrid.conf: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1311104/+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
