(solved) install-driver.sh error with dkms (nvidia driver involved)

morrownr commented 1 year ago

@p7x404 said: I had to manually remove the driver from DKMS to be able to install the update.

sudo ./remove-driver.sh
: ---------------------------
: remove-driver.sh v20230801
: x86_64 (architecture)
: 5.15.0-78-generic (kernel version)
: ---------------------------

Removing a dkms installation.
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.64/source/dkms.conf does not exist.
rtl8852bu/1.19.3 has been removed
Removing 8852bu.conf from /etc/modprobe.d
Removing source files from /usr/src/rtl8852bu-1.19.3
The driver was removed successfully.
You may now delete the driver directory if desired.

: ---------------------------
: install-driver.sh v20230718
: x86_64 (system architecture)
: x86_64 (gcc architecture)
: 6/6 (in-use/total processing units)
: 32600684 (total system memory)
: 5.15.0-78-generic (kernel version)
: gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0
: dkms:2.8
: SecureBoot disabled
: ---------------------------

Checking for previously installed drivers.
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.64/source/dkms.conf does not exist.
: ---------------------------

Starting installation.
Installing 8852bu.conf to /etc/modprobe.d
The dkms installation routines are in use.
Copying source files to /usr/src/rtl8852bu-1.19.3
Error! DKMS tree already contains: rtl8852bu-1.19.3
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
This driver may already be installed.
Run the following and then reattempt installation.
$ sudo ./remove-driver.sh

$sudo dkms status -c dkms.conf
nvidia, 430.64: added
nvidia, 535.86.05: added
rtl8852bu, 1.15.11, 5.15.0-76-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8852bu, 1.19.3, 5.15.0-78-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8852bu/1.19.3/source/dkms.conf does not exist.

$sudo dkms remove -c dkms.conf -m rtl8852bu/1.19.3 --all

morrownr commented 1 year ago

@p7x404

I have recently seen 3 other reports with other drivers that involve the nvidia driver. I don't have an nvidia card but don't need one to install the driver and test this problem so if you could kindly give me a url to where I can download the nvidia driver, I would appreciate it.

Also, can you give me a link to the rtl8852bu, 1.15.11 driver that you had installed?

I have got to see what is going on and rework the code to account for this problem. It seems to me that something the nvidia driver installation is doing is interfering with what I am doing.

Thanks

p7x404 commented 1 year ago

The 8852bu driver is the one from brostrend (installed by following the procedure here : https://linux.brostrend.com/)

The nvidia driver is installed using a regular deb from the ubuntu repository. I should be able to provide you with more details after having a look on my machine...

The machine where I use your driver is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with hwe kernel.

morrownr commented 1 year ago

@p7x404

The machine where I use your driver is running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with hwe kernel.

Which hwe kernel?

$ uname -r

The nvidia driver is installed using a regular deb from the ubuntu repository.

Yes, please provide more details when able. I looked around using synaptic and there seem to be hundreds of nvidia packages. I'd prefer to have the exact deb you are using.

Something is wrong and appreciate your help.

p7x404 commented 1 year ago

Kernel : 5.15.0-78-generic base nvidia pkg is nvidia-driver-535 => nvidia-driver-535 535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage It is downloaded from the ubuntu/focal-updates / ubuntu/focal-security repositories (in restricted)

There are several dependencies (is , notably the nvidia-dkms-535 package). Here the complete list, of this little nightmare...

ii  libnvidia-cfg1-535:amd64                                    535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-535                                        535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-535:amd64                                 535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-535:amd64                                  535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-535:amd64                                  535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-535:amd64                                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-535:amd64                                    535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-535:amd64                                      535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-535-5.15.0-78-generic                  5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1+1                      amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-78 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-78-generic                   5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1+1                      amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-78-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-535                                    535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-dkms-535                                             535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-535                                           535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-firmware-535-535.86.05                               535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        Firmware files used by the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-535                                    535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-535                                    535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-prime                                                0.8.16~0.20.04.2                            all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                                             470.57.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.3                  amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-535                                            535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  screen-resolution-extra                                     0.18build1                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535                               535.86.05-0ubuntu0.20.04.2                  amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

morrownr commented 1 year ago

Okay. Got it.

nvidia-driver-535 (metapackage)

Now I have all of the possible guilty parties. It is a matter of finding the time to work this. Some projects take a lot of time and this may be one but it needs to be done.

morrownr commented 1 year ago

I think I have a way to speed this up. I installed the nvidia driver and will now just continue on with the projects on my to-do list and will see if the problem makes itself obvious.

morrownr commented 1 year ago

Test results after installing nvidia-driver-535 ...

~$ dkms status nvidia/535.86.05, 6.5.0-060500rc5-generic, x86_64: installed rtl8852bu/1.19.3, 6.5.0-060500rc5-generic, x86_64: installed

$ sudo sh install-driver.sh [sudo] password for morrow: : --------------------------- : install-driver.sh v20230718 : x86_64 (system architecture) : x86_64 (gcc architecture) : 4/4 (in-use/total processing units) : 12199716 (total system memory) : 6.5.0-060500rc5-generic (kernel version) : gcc (Ubuntu 13.1.0-2ubuntu2~23.04) 13.1.0 : dkms-3.0.10 : SecureBoot disabled : ---------------------------

Checking for previously installed drivers. Module rtl8852bu-1.19.3 for kernel 6.5.0-060500rc5-generic (x86_64). Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

8852bu.ko.zst:

Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.5.0-060500rc5-generic/updates/dkms/
Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. depmod.... Deleting module rtl8852bu-1.19.3 completely from the DKMS tree. : ---------------------------

Starting installation. Installing 8852bu.conf to /etc/modprobe.d The dkms installation routines are in use. Copying source files to /usr/src/rtl8852bu-1.19.3 Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8852bu/1.19.3/source -> /usr/src/rtl8852bu-1.19.3 The driver was added to dkms successfully. : ---------------------------

Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module: Cleaning build area... ./dkms-make.sh..................................... Signing module /var/lib/dkms/rtl8852bu/1.19.3/build/8852bu.ko Cleaning build area... Compile time: 370.83 seconds The driver was built by dkms successfully. : ---------------------------

8852bu.ko.zst: Running module version sanity check.

Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-060500rc5-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod... The driver was installed by dkms successfully. : ---------------------------

Info: Update this driver with the following commands as needed:

$ git pull $ sudo sh install-driver.sh

Note: Updates to this driver SHOULD be performed before distro upgrades such as Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04. Note: Updates can be performed as often as you like. It is recommended to update at least every 2 months. Note: Work on this driver, like the Linux kernel, is continuous.

Enjoy!

Do you want to edit the driver options file now? (recommended) [Y/n] Do you want to apply the new options by rebooting now? (recommended) [Y/n]

Operating as it should. Need to step back and think...

Looking back at the original bug report showing the errors:

Checking for previously installed drivers.
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.64/source/dkms.conf does not exist.

Why would my script care about the nvidia dkms.conf not existing? It has to be dkms posting the errors so what is telling dkms to use the nvidia fkms.conf. Why?

$sudo dkms status -c dkms.conf
nvidia, 430.64: added
nvidia, 535.86.05: added
rtl8852bu, 1.15.11, 5.15.0-76-generic, x86_64: installed
rtl8852bu, 1.19.3, 5.15.0-78-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8852bu/1.19.3/source/dkms.conf does not exist.

Why would the nvidia drivers only be added and not installed? Why are there two nvidia drivers added? Why does dkms think the dkms.conf for rtl8852bu does not exist?

It appears there is an external cause of the missing dkms.conf files? The rtl8852bu dkms.conf file is not missing, so what makes it appear to be missing? Is there a variable wrongly set somewhere?

Many questions, few answers.

morrownr commented 1 year ago

@p7x404 @alkisg

If either of you come up with an idea what to look for, please let me know. What happened to cause the original bug report should not happen but it happened. It may not exist anymore because of the cleanup.

Maybe looking around with? (please post the contents)

$printenv $ export -p

Could the previously installed rtl8852bu 1.15.* driver have done something that is causing this? I have not installed it yet as I need a deb of it.

alkisg commented 1 year ago

Is this current issue reproducible, or did it just happen once and now it's gone?

This command shows if any .deb packages are still installed:

dpkg -l | grep 'rtl8.*-dkms'

If there are, you can uninstall them with e.g.:

apt purge rtl8852bu-dkms

But in general, I've only seen the "missing dkms.conf" messages when users manually removed their whole directories, instead of using packages or installers...

p7x404 commented 1 year ago

OK, I dug a bit on my side.

The problem resides of the remove-driver.sh script. I fixed it by forcing the dkms.conf to use (the one coming from the repository) by adding the -c option :

if command -v dkms >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "Removing a dkms installation."
        dkms status -c dkms.conf | while IFS=" ,:/" read -r modname modver _dummy; do
                case "$modname" in *${MODULE_NAME})
                        dkms remove -m "$modname" -v "$modver" -c dkms.conf --all
                esac
        done

With this modification, the dkms driver is uninstalled and I can successfully launch install-driver afterwards.

This is probably a quick and dirty fix, but it works. The error with the old nvidia driver is probably like alkisg said a package that didn't uninstall correctly (but I didn't do it manually, that's for sure, been using linux long enough to know that messing with files managed by packages is a big no-no :-) ).

morrownr commented 1 year ago

Is this current issue reproducible, or did it just happen once and now it's gone?

I haven't been able to reproduce it. I'm going to take slow stroll down the path of relooking at install-driver.sh line by line as I have time.

But in general, I've only seen the "missing dkms.conf" messages when users manually removed their whole directories, instead of using packages or installers...

Same here. I have had a hard time fully wrapping my mind around what happened in this case in that we saw the nvidia driver and my driver both complaining.

With this modification...

You have given me an idea to harden the script a little. Thanks.

Since we don't seem to have any emergencies, I take my time and step through the scripts to see if there is anything that might have triggered this.

Appreciate the help.

morrownr commented 1 year ago

@p7x404

I think I just merged the final part of the fix for this problem.

p7x404 commented 1 year ago

@morrownr :

Thanks, I successfully tested it.

Take care

morrownr / rtl8852bu

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