fglrx does not compile (missing utsrelease.h)

[Laurent Bonnaud]

Here is the problem:

Setting up fglrx (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing old fglrx-8.723.1 DKMS files...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 8.723.1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new fglrx-8.723.1 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.35-20-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 2.6.35-20-generic

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.35-20-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing fglrx (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 13 15:00:39 2010
DkmsStatus: fglrx, 8.723.1: added
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1:
MachineType: Bochs Bochs
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=ea76bc29-ebbf-4d22-8f13-7f0dc14eca2b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Bochs
dmi.bios.version: Bochs
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Bochs
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnBochs:bvrBochs:bd01/01/2007:svnBochs:pnBochs:pvr:cvnBochs:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Bochs
dmi.sys.vendor: Bochs
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-20-generic

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

I tested this from inside a kvm VM but since this is a compilation problem it should also occur on real hardware.

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

Here is the DKMS compilation log:

DKMS make.log for fglrx-8.723.1 for kernel 2.6.35-20-generic (i686)
Mon Sep 13 15:00:07 CEST 2010
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
cat: /lib/modules/2.6.35-20-generic/build/include/linux/utsrelease.h: No such file or directory
Error:
kernel includes at /lib/modules/2.6.35-20-generic/build/include do not match current kernel.
they are versioned as ""
instead of "2.6.35-20-generic".
you might need to adjust your symlinks:
- /usr/include
- /usr/src/linux

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

The utsrelease.h file can be found here:

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-20-generic/include/generated/utsrelease.h

but this is not where fglrx looks for it.

[adamis (adamis)]

I am also getting this error on my wife's laptop since I updated it to Meerkat on the 11th. Strangely enough I did no get this error on my own laptop which is identical when I upgrade it about 10 days ago.

I linked the said file in question but when I did so I then got the following error:

DKMS make.log for fglrx-8.723.1 for kernel 2.6.35-20-generic (x86_64)
Mon Sep 13 19:58:57 PDT 2010
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.GCC* .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-20-generic/build SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-20-generic'
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:31: fatal error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723.1/build/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-20-generic'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2