*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 251832 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251832

Jason wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 251832 ***
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251832
> 
> The bug this is a duplicate of, seems very vague, but this bug actually
> demonstrated exactly what I'm experiencing:
> 
> sudo /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller start
>  * Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.27-12-generic        
>    *  kqemu (1.3.0~pre11)...                                               [ 
> FAIL] 
>  *  nvidia (177.82)...                                                   [ 
> FAIL ] 
>  *  vboxdrv (2.0.4)...                                                   
> [FAIL ] 
>  *  virtualbox-ose-guest (2.0.4)...                                      [ 
> FAIL ] 
> 
> I upgraded my kernel from 2.6.27-11-generic to 2.6.27.11-generic. When I
> attempted to build the kernel module manually with dkms, this is what
> happened:
> 
> dkms build -m nvidia -v 177.82 -k 2.6.27-12-generic
> 
> Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.27-12-generic cannot be found at
> /lib/modules/2.6.27-12-generic/build or /lib/modules/2.6.27-12-generic/source.
> You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
> 
> Looking at /lib/modules/2.6.27-12-generic/source gave me this:
> 
> ls /lib/modules/2.6.27-12-generic/
> initrd          modules.dep          modules.ofmap     modules.usbmap
> kernel          modules.ieee1394map  modules.pcimap    updates
> modules.alias   modules.inputmap     modules.seriomap  volatile
> modules.ccwmap  modules.isapnpmap    modules.symbols
> 
> Question: is there a directory that exists that has the source so I can
> build this manually? I used a solution from a forum the last time this
> happened, only I don't exactly remember the solution. I'm sorry if I'm
> wrong about this being a duplicate!
> 
> Jason
> 
        Jason I'm not a good kernel guy. But I think your home made kernel IS 
the problem.

Karl


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