[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#597210: Bug#597210: dkms builds nonexistent modules

[Michael Gilbert]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:50:33 +0200 Michal Suchanek wrote:

> Package: dkms
> Version: 2.1.1.2-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> 
> dkms: running auto installation service for kernel
> 2.6.36-rc4-r600fence-netpollirq-smbinit-amd64:
>       openafs (1.5.75)...failed.
>       virtualbox-ose (3.0.12)...failed.
> 
> Where is the virtualbox-ose (3.0.12) ?
> 
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                      Version                   Description
> +++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
> un  virtualbox                <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-2.0            <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-2.1            <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-2.2            <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-3.0            <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-3.1            <none>                    (no description
> available)
> ii  virtualbox-guest-addition 3.2.6-1                   guest additions
> iso image for VirtualBox
> ii  virtualbox-ose            3.2.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1      x86
> virtualization solution - base binaries
> ii  virtualbox-ose-dkms       3.2.8-dfsg-2              x86
> virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms
> un  virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-ose-modules    <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-ose-modules-2. <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-ose-modules-2. <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-ose-modules-2. <none>                    (no description
> available)
> un  virtualbox-ose-modules-2. <none>                    (no description
> available)
> ii  virtualbox-ose-qt         3.2.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1      x86
> virtualization solution - Qt based user interface
> un  virtualbox-ose-source     <none>                    (no description
> available)

its probably not good to mix the backports virtualbox-ose package with
the unstable virtualbox-ose-dkms package.  can you try to get that into
a consistent state?

also, what are the output of "sudo dkms status" and
"ls /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose"?

thanks,
mike