kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

[Mark Greenwood]

Kubuntu Lucid, clean install from release CD image.

I received an update notification that a new linux-image was available, so I installed it with apt-get dist-upgrade

linux-image-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.32.22.23
  Candidate: 2.6.32.22.23
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.32.22.23 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.6.32.21.22 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

However, the update did not pull in the required linux-headers-generic package and so my nvidia driver (propietary, installed using the Hardware Drivers app) did not get upgraded. I had to manually

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic

Only after that did dkms install my nividia driver. Looks like a broken dependency somewhere, or perhaps a meta package did not get installed somewhere. I havent removed any packages myself.

[Sven Kalinowski (info-svenkalinowski)]

to start the X-server again, login to the text-console and

$ sudo aptitude install linux-headers-generic
$ sudo modprobe nvidia-current
$ sudo service kdm restart

[Mark Greenwood (fatgerman)]

The problem is that the package linux-headers-generic wasn't installed. I used the alternate installer for this PC, whereas on PCs where I've used the graphical installer this problem does not occur. So I think it's an installer bug.

[Sven Kalinowski (info-svenkalinowski)]

in my case linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic was installed.
I expected this package to be updated at the same time the new kernel 2.6.32-22 was installed.

However, it did not. When I recognized that the nvidia module failed to build, I saw that "linux-headers-generic" was not installed. Installing this package also installed the update to inux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic.

I installed the nvidia-driver with the program "Hardware Drivers" from the KDE-Menu.
Ths installed "nvidia-current" which depends either on "linux-headers-generic" or "linux-headers".

The dependency "linux-headers" is fullfilled by "linux-headers-2.6.32.21-generic".

I also installed in text-mode with the alternate kubuntu-cd for amd64.

[Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine)]

Are you still affected by this issue?

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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