I'm wondering what the status of this bug is as it relates to 12.04 LTS, or if that would be considered a separate issue. The Ubiquity issue causing linux-headers-generic not to be installed was introduced in 12.10. However, in 12.04 LTS it is still possible for linux-generic or linux-headers-generic to be manually removed, and the NVIDIA drivers do not depend on them.
In my case linux-generic and linux-headers-generic were uninstalled. When or why this happened I am not sure, and it may be been done intentionally by me, but in any case the NVIDIA packages should pull down all of the dependencies they require. When the headers are not installed jockey reports that the installation was successful even though the kernel module failed to be built. Installing the drivers using apt-get reports the same "Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed." message as the original bug reporter. Installing the headers fixes the problem. Googling for '12.04 "kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed"' brings up plenty of reports for both NVIDIA and wireless drivers. Perhaps having dkms depend on linux-headers-generic would be possible? Whatever the proper solution, drivers in 12.04 should install properly, pulling down any dependencies they need. Also, does the 'Fix Released' status for 12.10+ cover existing systems, or only newly installed systems? If the fix is in Ubiquity that does not seem to fully address all the possible cases of this bug arising. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070427 Title: Ubiquity removes kernel headers, fails to build nonfree drivers Status in Ubuntu Test Cases: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal: Triaged Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Confirmed Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: [Test Case] Regression testing only; this is a fix for a regression in the previous SRU of ubiquity, which has not left -proposed. [Regression potential] minimal [Impact] The system in question is a Dell XPS 1340. It needs proprietary drivers because it's unable to suspend with the Nouveau drivers. Steps to reproduce: - Install Ubuntu 12.10 from USB stick - Open software-center - Go to Edit -> Software Sources - Go to the Additional Drivers tab - Select the first offered NVidia driver (nvidia-current) - Click on "apply changes" Expected result: - Nvidia module built and installed. - Nice build log in /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/304.43/build. Actual result: - Since linux-headers-generic is not installed, the module fails to build and upon rebooting most desktop elements will be absent. - /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/304.43/build is empty. - Here's the apt terminal log: Log started: 2012-10-23 11:45:29 Selecting previously unselected package dkms. (Reading database ... 141836 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package fakeroot. Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.18.4-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-current. Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package python-xkit. Unpacking python-xkit (from .../python-xkit_0.5.0_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package screen-resolution-extra. Unpacking screen-resolution-extra (from .../screen-resolution-extra_0.15_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-settings. Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_304.51-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu1) ... Setting up fakeroot (1.18.4-2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode Setting up nvidia-current (304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) INFO:Enable nvidia-current DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here DEBUG:Processing quirk ThinkPad T420s DEBUG:Failure to match Dell Inc. with LENOVO DEBUG:Quirk doesn't match DEBUG:Processing quirk Latitude E6530 DEBUG:Failure to match Studio XPS 1340 with Latitude E6530 DEBUG:Quirk doesn't match Loading new nvidia-current-304.43 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 3.5.0-17-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed. Setting up python-xkit (0.5.0) ... Setting up screen-resolution-extra (0.15) ... Setting up nvidia-settings (304.51-0ubuntu2) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-settings/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia_settings.conf (nvidia_settings_conf) in auto mode Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic Log ended: 2012-10-23 11:46:17 Note that if I manually install linux-headers-generic and then reinstall the nvidia driver package (much easier to do via the terminal, btw) then the driver correctly builds and it works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.2.71 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 23 11:58:51 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-test-cases/+bug/1070427/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
