Salut Didier! didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> writes:
> Le 04/08/2023 à 11:44, Loris Bennett a écrit : >> Hi, >> I have a 10 year-old Dell E6230 laptop which I have updated >> regularly, >> starting from Squeeze and have now updated to Bookworm. Everything >> seems to work except for the fact that a module fails to build for the >> new kernel: >> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: >> 6.1.0-10-amd64 (x86_64) >> Consult /var/lib/dkms/psmouse/alps-1.3/build/make.log for more >> information. > [...] > > Hello, > > I would say that in a distant past one needed to build this driver > from external sources but nowadays it is included in the linux kernel > source tree? > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v6.1/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c > > and it seems that in Debian Bookworm this driver is present directly > in-kernel (not as a module): > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ find /lib/modules -name *alps* > /lib/modules/6.1.0-10-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-alps.ko > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ grep -i alps /boot/config* > CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ALPS=y > CONFIG_HID_ALPS=m > > Perhaps am I wrong, but with Debian Bookworm, your alps device should > work without a DKMS module, out of the box? You are not wrong :-) Simply moving the module out of /var/lib/dkms/ allowed the new kernel package to be installed properly and that is what is running now. I do in fact have a vague memory of having to fiddle around with something to do with the touchpad when I got the laptop, but that is over 10 years ago ... Thanks for the help! Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under constuction.
