I'm a bit newbie with ubuntu and I'm trying to use it in a really old laptop with hybrid video using an old NVIDIA GeForce 310M
after install and reboot I get a black screen so I had to reboot using nomodeset, after some research I found that I need install nvidia-340 and nvidia-prime (I found this in an old article)
sudo apt-get install nvidia-340 nvidia-prime
this doesn´t work because this can't be installed in new kernels
after another research I found that installing another kernel I'll be able to solve the issue
sudo apt-get purge bumblebee nvidia*
sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic
after this I ran again
sudo apt-get install nvidia-340 nvidia-prime
reboot my machine and seems to be working pretty fine...but now when I try to install any software appears this
sudo apt install snapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
snapd is already the newest version (2.51.1+20.04ubuntu2).
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 99 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up nvidia-340 (340.108-0ubuntu5.20.04.2) ...
dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty
dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty
dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia-340
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
Removing old nvidia-340-340.108 DKMS files...
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Deleting module version: 340.108
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Loading new nvidia-340-340.108 DKMS files...
Building for 5.11.0-46-generic 5.13.0-28-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Module build for kernel 5.11.0-46-generic was skipped since the
kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
Building initial module for 5.13.0-28-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.13.0-28-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.108/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-340 (--configure):
installed nvidia-340 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.0-28-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-340 33%] [#############################...........................................................]
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
this line is really weird
Building for 5.11.0-46-generic 5.13.0-28-generic
seems that I've both kernels, that is true?
running uname I get this
uname -srm Linux 5.11.0-46-generic x86_64
what is the right way to uninstall the previous kernel? is just enought?
sudo apt-get purge *5.13.0-28-generic?
I really want to keep my system as it's running now because it doesn't feel laggy or buggy as it was with the nomodeset enable
hope you can give me the best recommendation here
thank you guys
