dkms modules don't get built since last upgrade to linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic

[fsck222]

Hi,

I have ugpraded (as asked by the system) from linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic to linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic and now my dkms do not build my modules anymores (nvidia and virtualbox).
I tried to reinstall several package but no luck.

root@hp-hdx18:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

See files attached:

apt-get_remove--purge-then-apt-get_install.txt log of:
root@hp-hdx18:~# apt-get remove --purge linux-headers-3.2.0-25 linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic linux-headers-generic dkms virtualbox-dkms nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings-updates nvidia-common kubuntu-desktop
root@hp-hdx18:~# apt-get install linux-headers-3.2.0-25 linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic linux-headers-generic dkms virtualbox-dkms nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings-updates nvidia-common kubuntu-desktop

var-lib-dkms-nvidia-current-updates-295.49-build-make.log.txt log of:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current-updates/295.49/build/make.log

var-lib-dkms-virtualbox-4.1.12-build-make.log.txt
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/make.log

dpkg-l.txt
dpkg -l > dpkg-l.txt

Please let me know if you need any more info.

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

It seems that dkms returns and error because vboxdrv.ko is not found. If I try to manually build it, I don't get any error but module is not built:

root@hp-hdx18:~# make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 KERNELRELEASE=3.2.0-25-generic -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-25-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic'
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
        echo; \
        echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
        echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
        echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
        echo; \
        /bin/false)
mkdir -p /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/vboxdrv.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/vboxnetadp.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/vboxnetflt.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/vboxpci.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/modules.order
(cat /dev/null; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/modules.order;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/modules.order
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic/scripts/Makefile.modpost
  scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic/Module.symvers -I /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/Module.symvers -o /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/Module.symvers -S -w -s
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic'
root@hp-hdx18:~#

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

 Can you try the fix suggested in #2 of bug 948149

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

I don't have any of the 2 files of the fix suggested in #2 of bug 948149

root@hp-hdx18:~# l /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost
ls: cannot access /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost: No such file or directory
root@hp-hdx18:~# l /var/lib/dkms/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 27 14:18 nvidia-current-updates
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 27 14:19 virtualbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul 8 2008 dkms_dbversion
root@hp-hdx18:~# l /etc/init.d/vboxdrv
ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory
root@hp-hdx18:~# l /etc/init.d/ | grep vbo
root@hp-hdx18:~# l /etc/init.d/ | grep virtua
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6138 Aug 29 2011 virtualbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1364 Aug 29 2011 virtualbox-guest-utils
root@hp-hdx18:~# /etc/init.d/virtualbox help
Usage: /etc/init.d/virtualbox {start|stop|stop_vms|restart|force-reload|status}
root@hp-hdx18:~# /etc/init.d/virtualbox status
VirtualBox kernel module is not loaded.
root@hp-hdx18:~#

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

See attached file bash-x_dkms--verboxe_autoinstall.txt from :
root@hp-hdx18:~# /bin/bash -x /usr/sbin/dkms --verbose autoinstall > bash-x_dkms--verboxe_autoinstall.txt 2>&1
(bad exit status: 2)
(bad exit status: 2)
root@hp-hdx18:~#

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

What is weird is in both make.log, there are no compilation error. Module are never built. (search on .ko returns nothing in make.logs)

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

If I make it manually, there is no error and module is still not built:

root@hp-hdx18:~# make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 KERNELRELEASE=3.2.0-25-generic -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-25-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic'
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
        echo; \
        echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
        echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
        echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
        echo; \
        /bin/false)
mkdir -p /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/vboxdrv.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/vboxnetadp.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/vboxnetflt.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/modules.order
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/vboxpci.ko;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/modules.order
(cat /dev/null; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/modules.order; cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxpci/modules.order;) > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/modules.order
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic/scripts/Makefile.modpost
  scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic/Module.symvers -I /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/Module.symvers -o /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/Module.symvers -S -w -s
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25-generic'
root@hp-hdx18:~#

[fsck222 (fsck222)]

I fixed the probleme using sudo instead of login as root:

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-dkms nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings-updates
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose-dkms nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings-updates

I had a quick look in the log, and it seems that the Makefile of the build do not behave the same when using sudo or login as root...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.