reopen 560822 retitle 560822 make sure proper kernel headers are installed at kernel install-time thanks
On Saturday 12 December 2009 12:06:22, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:56:20 +0100 David Paleino wrote: > > On Saturday 12 December 2009 11:40:04, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > > dkms status had said: > > > > > > # dkms status > > > fglrx, 9-11, 2.6.31-2-amd64, x86_64: installed > > > > > > i looked through /var/log/messages and saw something that said > > > 'dkms_autobuild: missing linux-headers-2.6.32', so i installed > > > the headers. now the module is built during boot and loaded: > > > > > > # dkms status > > > fglrx, 9-11, 2.6.32-trunk-amd64, x86_64: installed > > > > > > so, it looks like the solution is to make sure that the correct headers > > > are installed alongside new kernel updates when using dkms. > > > > Exactly. :) > > should dkms somehow enforce this (via an appropriate set of > dependencies)? That's not possible, AFAIK. Also consider we're not depending on any kernel version, so specifying "linux-headers-something" is not really possible. > a lot of users are going to do the exact same thing > when updating their kernel, and you may get a lot of similar bug > reports. you could reduce their pain and yours by doing a little more > automagic. I'm reopening the bug just to listen/read what other team members think about this. We could probably add an apt-get call to /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms , but I'm not sure that would be acceptable. (also, bug retitled for the purpose) Kindly, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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