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has caused the Debian Bug report #585862,
regarding nvidia-kernel-dkms: dkms does not automatically rebuild nvidia module
for newly installed kernel
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585862: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585862
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
Version: 195.36.24-1
Severity: grave
Tags: sid squeeze
Justification: renders package unusable
I installed the nvidia-195.36.24 package using kernel 2.6.32-3 in squeeze.
Shortly after installing, dkms automatically built the module for that kernel.
Unfortunately, upon upgrading to kernel 2.6.32-5, xorg crashes with an error
saying that no nvidia kernel module is installed for that kernel.
Basically dkms is not really automatically building and installing the newer
module
-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux phonon 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 1 04:34:03 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-15) (b...@decadent.org.uk) (gcc
version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-1) ) #1 SMP Tue Jun 1 04:34:03 UTC 2010
lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8300
GS] [10de:0423] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0494]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 5: I/O ports at cf00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii dkms 2.1.1.2-2 Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram
ii nvidia-kernel-common 20100522+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends:
ii nvidia-glx 195.36.24-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
nvidia-kernel-dkms suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Well, I got it to automatically rebuild the module.
Even though I had the 2.6.32-3 kernel headers installed, aptitude didn't
upgrade the headers to version 2.6.32-5. Once I installed the headers the
module was rebuilt successfully.
I'm closing the bug, but at the same time, I feel this should have been done
automatically
--- End Message ---
