Harald Dunkel wrote:

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> Package: dkms
> Version: 2.1.1.2-6
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> If I deinstall all linux-kernel-* packages (I know I shouldn't, but

Assuming you meant linux-image-* here.

> accidents happen) and then reinstall linux-image-2.6-amd64 and its
> dependencies, then dkms doesn't build any modules.
> 
>       # ls -l /var/lib/dkms/
>       total 4
>       -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul  8  2008 dkms_dbversion
> 
> It seems to have lost its list of modules to build, even though no
> module source package has been changed or deinstalled. I have to
> manually run dpkg-reconfigure for the module source packages, and
> hope.

Did you remember to install the associated linux-headers package as
well?  modules will not get built if the headers are not available.

Best wishes,
Mike



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