Debian Bug report logs - #546896
update-initramfs does not work and block dkms install

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: update-initramfs does not work and block dkms install

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:45:29 +0200

Package: dkms
Version: 2.0.22.0-1
Severity: grave

While installing new mptsas driver (from file
mptlinux-4.18.00.00-1dkms.noarch.rpm) using dkms I get an error from
dkms. The error is shown here:

===========================================================================
Saving old initrd as /boot/initrd-2.6.26-2-amd64_old
Making new initrd as /boot/initrd-2.6.26-2-amd64
(If next boot fails, revert to the _old initrd image)
update-initramfs....(bad exit status: 1)
Problems with mkinitrd detected.  Automatically uninstalling this
module.

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  mptlinux
Version: 4.18.00.00
Kernel:  2.6.26-2-amd64 (x86_64)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
===========================================================================

As you may see, the mkinitrd fails, probably because it is using a wrong
pathname for initrd image. Infact the correct pathname
is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64.

Bye,
Giuseppe

Message #12 received at 546896@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

To: Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org>, 546896@bugs.debian.org, DKMS maintainers <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#546896: update-initramfs does not work and block dkms install

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:34:56 +0100

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On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:45 +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:
> Package: dkms
> Version: 2.0.22.0-1
> Severity: grave

No, this is not grave.

> While installing new mptsas driver (from file
> mptlinux-4.18.00.00-1dkms.noarch.rpm) using dkms I get an error from
> dkms. The error is shown here:
> 
> ===========================================================================
> Saving old initrd as /boot/initrd-2.6.26-2-amd64_old
> Making new initrd as /boot/initrd-2.6.26-2-amd64
> (If next boot fails, revert to the _old initrd image)
> update-initramfs....(bad exit status: 1)
> Problems with mkinitrd detected.  Automatically uninstalling this
> module.
> 
> -------- Uninstall Beginning --------
> Module:  mptlinux
> Version: 4.18.00.00
> Kernel:  2.6.26-2-amd64 (x86_64)
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
> ===========================================================================
> 
> As you may see, the mkinitrd fails, probably because it is using a wrong
> pathname for initrd image. Infact the correct pathname
> is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64.

It looks like DKMS identified your system as running SUSE, not Debian,
which it does by looking for /etc/SuSE-release and /etc/SuSEconfig.  Do
either of those exist?

(In the long term I would prefer that DKMS would detect the installed
distribution type in a single place, which could be patched to return a
static value in packaged versions.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.

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Message #17 received at 546896@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org>

To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Cc: 546896@bugs.debian.org, DKMS maintainers <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#546896: update-initramfs does not work and block dkms install

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:14:36 +0200

Hi Ben,
thanks for your reply.

Il giorno mer, 16/09/2009 alle 11.34 +0100, Ben Hutchings ha scritto:
> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:45 +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:
[...]
> > As you may see, the mkinitrd fails, probably because it is using a wrong
> > pathname for initrd image. Infact the correct pathname
> > is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64.
> 
> It looks like DKMS identified your system as running SUSE, not Debian,
> which it does by looking for /etc/SuSE-release and /etc/SuSEconfig.  Do
> either of those exist?

Yes, you are right. I had this file because I was trying to install OMSA
from Dell, but I may now delete it. dkms now identifiy correctly initrd
pathname and install the newly compiled kernel module.

Thanks,
Giuseppe

Message #22 received at 546896-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculano.it>

To: Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org>, 546896-done@bugs.debian.org, DKMS maintainers <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#546896: Bug#546896: update-initramfs does not work and block dkms install

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:40:54 +0200

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Giuseppe Sacco ha scritto:
> Yes, you are right. I had this file because I was trying to install OMSA
> from Dell, but I may now delete it. dkms now identifiy correctly initrd
> pathname and install the newly compiled kernel module.

Well, therefore I'm closing this bug.

Cheers,
Giuseppe

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