linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic not available for kernel 2.6.35-23

[dorpm]

linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic is missing after updating the kernel to 2.6.35-23

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic (not installed)
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: micha 2218 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: micha 2218 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf9df8000 irq 20'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,14627369,00100001'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 21
Date: Fri Nov 26 11:14:33 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=7ad371c0-2e25-4a86-956f-237a983048a4
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-7369
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=c8585acb-f3ce-44e4-ae62-a499b5b1c647 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V2.9
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7369
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.9:bd03/17/2009:svnMSI:pnMS-7369:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7369:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7369
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

[dorpm (dorpmueller)]

OK, meanwile I got the hint that the package has moved to linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic

Cheers,
Florian

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

Seems that when the linux-backports-wireless package was renamed to allow for multiple versions the original meta package was not converted into a transitional package to the new name. This leads to upgrade issues as there is no new version of the backport. This leads either to failed upgrades or to a loss of wireless after the upgrade. Neither good.

Pushed patches to the kernel-team@lists mailing list for review.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

SRU Justification

Impact: linux-backports-modules-wireless does not track the correct package

Patch Description: Change the name of the tracked package to linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Um.. where is the committed fix? In a branch? Do you happen to have a link?

[Marcus Sundman (sundman)]

So you're supposed to use linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-generic instead (as instructed by the description in linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic), right? However, that package also does not exist!

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

On 9 December 2010 08:20, Marcus Sundman <email address hidden> wrote:

> However, that package also does not exist!

$ apt-cache policy
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.35-23.13
  Candidate: 2.6.35-23.13
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.35-23.13 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64
Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main amd64
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Maybe you don't have the right sources.list ? Here's a copy of mine:
http://pastebin.com/WNTfpZn0

[Marcus Sundman (sundman)]

Savvas, that's not the (meta-)package that doesn't exist, but the package that refers to the one which doesn't exist:

$ apt-cache policy linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-generic
N: Unable to locate package linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-generic
N: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-generic'

[Marcus Sundman (sundman)]

The thing is, apparently linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic has been replaced by a missing package. The linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic package was the one to install to make it always get the newest linux-backports-modules-wireless-<version>-generic (e.g. linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic):

$ apt-cache rdepends linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic
linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic
Reverse Depends:
  linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
$

However, now that linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.35-22-generic has been replaced by linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic there is no such package:

$ apt-cache rdepends linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-23-generic
Reverse Depends:
$

*That* is what this bug report is about.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

SRU Justification:

Impact: linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-${flavour} does not track the correct LBM package

Patch Description: Use ${kernel-abi-version} instead of RELEASE_NAME

Patch: attached

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Accepted linux into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[dorpm (dorpmueller)]

With kernel 2.6.35-24 this bug is fixed.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted linux-meta into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Sorry for the double-post. There was a duplicate linux-meta upload in the queue, I rejected it.

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Bad feedback for me :

$ sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Certains paquets ne peuvent être installés. Ceci peut signifier
que vous avez demandé l'impossible, ou bien, si vous utilisez
la distribution unstable, que certains paquets n'ont pas encore
été créés ou ne sont pas sortis d'Incoming.
L'information suivante devrait vous aider à résoudre la situation :

Les paquets suivants contiennent des dépendances non satisfaites :
 linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic : Dépend: linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic (= 2.6.35.24.29) mais ne sera pas installé
E: Paquets défectueux

$ apt-cache policy linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic:
  Installé : (aucun)
  Candidat : 2.6.35.24.29
 Table de version :
     2.6.35.24.29 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-proposed/main amd64 Packages
     2.6.35.24.28 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64 Packages
     2.6.35.23.25 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main amd64 Packages
     2.6.35.22.23 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages

$ apt-cache policy linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic:
  Installé : (aucun)
  Candidat : 2.6.35-24.15
 Table de version :
     2.6.35-24.15 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache depends linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-generic
  Dépend: linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

2010/12/23 Mathieu Marquer <email address hidden>

> $ apt-cache policy
> linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic
> linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-2.6.35-24-generic:
> Installé : (aucun)
> Candidat : 2.6.35-24.15
> Table de version :
> 2.6.35-24.15 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

It's probably fixed by now, but just to be sure:

$ apt-cache policy
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-maverick-generic
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-maverick-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.35.24.28
  Candidate: 2.6.35.24.28
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.35.24.28 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Use:
sudo apt-get install
linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-maverick-generic

Mine was installed without any problems!

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Nope, no improvement. It doesn't work either after installing linux-backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-maverick-generic first.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

On 30 December 2010 08:17, Mathieu Marquer <email address hidden>wrote:

> It doesn't work either after installing linux-
> backports-modules-compat-wireless-2.6.36-maverick-generic first.
>

I noticed that you're using the "proposed" repository. If you remove the
proposed repository from your apt sources then it will probably be ok. :)

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Well that's actually the point of this bug report: testing the currently
proposed package.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

yes - it appears there is still a problem with linux-backports-modules-wireless-maverick-{generic,server}

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

OK, I think I've found the problem. I'll have it uploaded in awhile after I do some PPA testing.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Uploaded linux-meta_2.6.35.24.30 with simple copy/paste error fix.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted linux-meta into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Mathieu - better now?

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Wait wait ^^

Works fine now :)

[Pat Gauthier (patlgauthier)]

Worked on lucid

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Seems the LP janitor missed this package when it was promoted to -updates.