[zesty] dkms nvidia error with linux-headers-4.10.0-7

[brochard]

On Zesty, x64, I can't install the nvidia-378 driver with the new kernel 4.10.0-7 due to a dkms error.

...
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.10.0-7-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.10.0-7-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/make.log for more information.
...

And make.log as attachement

Regards

[brochard (brochignac)]

It was the same error with the kernel 4.10.0-6.
It works with the kernel 4.9.0-15

[Leon (lehjr)]

I tried 4.10.0-7 (4.10.0-7-generic #9~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 6 20:38:53 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) a couple days ago, but but almost every symlink in in the source dir was broken, which will caused dkms modules to fail to build.

[Leon (lehjr)]

To clarify my above comment, the symlinks all point to "../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/" locations that do not exist, so each and every symlink is in fact broken. :

 /usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7-generic $ ls -l
total 1436
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 12 12:15 arch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 6 17:14 block -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/block
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 6 17:14 certs -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/certs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 6 17:14 crypto -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/crypto
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Feb 6 17:14 Documentation -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/Documentation
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 6 17:14 drivers -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/drivers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 6 17:14 firmware -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/firmware
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Feb 6 17:14 fs -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/fs
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 12 12:15 include
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 6 17:14 init -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/init
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 ipc -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/ipc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 6 17:14 Kbuild -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/Kbuild
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 6 17:14 Kconfig -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/Kconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 12 12:15 kernel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 lib -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 6 17:14 Makefile -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/Makefile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Feb 6 17:14 mm -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/mm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1442017 Feb 6 17:14 Module.symvers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 net -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/net
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 6 17:14 samples -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/samples
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 12288 Feb 12 12:15 scripts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 6 17:14 security -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/security
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 6 17:14 sound -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/sound
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 spl -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/spl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 6 17:14 tools -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 6 17:14 ubuntu -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/ubuntu
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 usr -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 6 17:14 virt -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/virt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 6 17:14 zfs -> ../linux-lts-zesty-headers-4.10.0-7/zfs

[brochard (brochignac)]

I haven't this problem. I have the two directories :

/usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7-generic/
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7/

All the syslinks in /usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7-generic/ point to /usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7/

And the /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/make.log talks about :

/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:213:14: error: ‘CPU_DOWN_FAILED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
         case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:213:14: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:220:14: error: ‘CPU_DOWN_PREPARE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
         case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:15:0:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c: In function ‘nv_init_pat_support’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:391:34: error: implicit declaration of function ‘register_cpu_notifier’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
 #define register_hotcpu_notifier register_cpu_notifier
                                  ^
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:258:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘register_hotcpu_notifier’
             if (register_hotcpu_notifier(&nv_hotcpu_nfb) != 0)
                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c: In function ‘nv_teardown_pat_support’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:388:36: error: implicit declaration of function ‘unregister_cpu_notifier’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
 #define unregister_hotcpu_notifier unregister_cpu_notifier
                                    ^
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.c:283:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘unregister_hotcpu_notifier’
         unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&nv_hotcpu_nfb);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:294 : la recette pour la cible « /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.o » a échouée
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build/nvidia/nv-pat.o] Erreur 1
make[2]: *** Attente des tâches non terminées....
Makefile:1524 : la recette pour la cible « _module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build » a échouée
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-378/378.09/build] Erreur 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-4.10.0-7-generic »
Makefile:81 : la recette pour la cible « modules » a échouée
make: *** [modules] Erreur 2

[dino99 (9d9)]

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2347666&page=3&p=13592978#post13592978

[dino99 (9d9)]

Feedback

zesty 64 bit with kernel 4.10.0-8 + nvidia-378.13

kernel installation was good, and next cold boot was normal: journalctl is clean (mostly)

[brochard (brochignac)]

I've just updated and I confirm, with the new kernel 4.10.0-8 + the update nvidia-378.13, it works.

Solved bug ?