blcr-dkms 0.8.2-15ubuntu2: blcr kernel module failed to build

[Ryan Budney]

While performing a system upgrade this crash occured. I'm not sure why it happened but there seem to be other related problems. For example, DropBox just stopped functioning. At least, I can't open my dropbox folder. So it seems like this bug report may not be the root cause of the troubles. On reboot the system seems to function fine. Dropbox is working again, too. Is there a simple way to attempt to re-do this part of the upgrade process?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: blcr-dkms 0.8.2-15ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.2.0-24-generic
Date: Tue May 22 13:36:27 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 0.8.2-15ubuntu2
SourcePackage: blcr
Title: blcr-dkms 0.8.2-15ubuntu2: blcr kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-30 (22 days ago)

[Ryan Budney (delooper)]

I attempted reinstalling the blcr-dkms package via aptitude:

[code]
sudo aptitude reinstall blcr-dkms
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  blcr-dkms
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 894 kB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Get: 1 http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/ubuntu.com/packages/ precise/universe blcr-dkms all 0.8.2-15ubuntu2 [894 kB]
Fetched 894 kB in 0s (3,635 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 315119 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace blcr-dkms 0.8.2-15ubuntu2 (using .../blcr-dkms_0.8.2-15ubuntu2_all.deb) ...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 0.8.2
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Unpacking replacement blcr-dkms ...
Setting up blcr-dkms (0.8.2-15ubuntu2) ...

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/source ->
                 /usr/src/blcr-0.8.2

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=3.2.0-24-generic -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build......(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build/make.log for more information.
[/code]

In the make log, it seems like there's an argument being passed to the ?compiler? ?linker? that it does not like. Summary:

[code]checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... (cached) BSD nm
configure: error: --with-linux argument '3.2.0-24-generic' is neither a kernel version string nor a full path
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build/config-stamp] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/blcr/0.8.2/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic'
[/code]

But I'll attach the entire make.log for blcr.

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

blcr-dkms does simply not work with 3.X kernels and its non trivial to fix, the newest kernel supported is 2.6.38.
it is a pretty specialized package, you can probably just remove it.

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

this certainly has nothing to do with your dropbox issue.

[Ryan Budney (delooper)]

Hi Julian,

Thanks, I have no idea why it's installed on my computer.

Something strange seems to be happening on my system and it's not clear
what the trigger is. Right now "dash" won't pop up. The icon is there in
Gnome, but pressing it doesn't do much. So I thought I'd check for
problems with my install. Running aptitude full-upgrade gives:

sudo aptitude full-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  evolution{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgnome-desktop-2-17{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  evolution-common evolution-indicator evolution-plugins
3 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,223 kB of archives. After unpacking 8,973 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 language-support-translations-en : Depends: evolution-documentation-en
which is a virtual package.
open: 173; closed: 2652; defer: 83; conflict: 202

So it looks like there's some genuine problems that are bigger than my bug
report. I'm not so sure where the heart of the problem is, though!

-ryan

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Julian Taylor <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 804943 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804943
>
> this certainly has nothing to do with your dropbox issue.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 804943
> blcr kernel module failed to build with kernel 3.0 : configure: error:
> --with-linux argument '3.0-x' is neither a kernel version string nor a full
> path
>
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