On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Curt Howland <howl...@priss.com> wrote: > ===== > Uninstalling modules from DKMS > Attempting to install using DKMS > > Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.8/source -> > /usr/src/vboxhost-4.2.8 > > DKMS: add completed. > Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without > Makefile:181: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current > Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. > =====
First, thank you to the people who mentioned the pointers in /lib/modules/xxx Both pointers were not needed. Placing this pointer: # dir /lib/modules/3.6.5/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 13 18:12 build -> /usr/src/linux-3.6.5 was all it took. So with this pointer to the generic kernel source tree, DKMS built the VB kernel driver without complaint. The proprietary NVIDIA driver also now works with DKMS, which did not work with DKMS previously, but did build and install itself just fine. So I guess the NVIDIA installer knows to look for /usr/src/linux-xxx which would explain why I didn't know I had this problem previously. An additional note: I built the 3.8.2 kernel this morning with the following command: $ make -j 4 KDEB_PKGVERSION=1.0 deb-pkg Which creates the packages in /usr/src linux-headers-3.8.2_1.0_i386.deb linux-image-3.8.2_1.0_i386.deb After installing the linux-image-3.8.2 package, /lib/modules/3.8.2 did NOT have any symbolic links. When I installed the linux-headers-3.8.2 package, /lib/modules/3.8.2 had this link in it: build -> /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.2 and DKMS worked. So there it is. The symbolic link can point to either the full kernel source tree, or just the header package, and it works. Many thanks, the Debian-User mailing list is again a remarkable source of knowledge. I am glad to be a participant in this community. Curt- howl...@priss.com Debian user since 1995 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGY8_s3fs7EZk9x=ftf24_rxxszwfhwb3db0mvy6zjlut_+...@mail.gmail.com
