Guys:
Seems I'm confused... Well, I *am* confused, I'm just not sure where the confusion is coming from... :) I took a look at the psb-kernel-source-4.41.1.dkms.tar.gz file, and it looks like this: $ dpkg --extract /var/lib/dkms/psb-kernel-source/4.41.1/deb/psb-kernel-source-dkms_4.41.1_all.deb . $ cd usr/src $ tar xzvf psb-kernel-source-4.41.1.dkms.tar.gz ./dkms_main_tree/ ./dkms_main_tree/dkms_dbversion ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/ ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/ ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/module/ ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/module/drm.ko ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/module/psb.ko ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/log/ ./dkms_main_tree/2.6.28.10-a1rvc/i686/log/make.log ... So the package file *does* indeed contain prebuilt, kernel-specific modules as I had hoped. Of course, it also contains a big pile of source code that I don't need, but it looks like --binaries-only command line option to dkms will fix that. Unfortunately, when I do: $ sudo dkms -m psb-kernel-source -v 4.41.1 -k `uname -r` --binaries-only mkdeb mkdsc $ sudo dpkg --install /var/lib/dkms/psb-kernel-source/4.41.1/deb/psb-kernel-source-dkms_4.41.1_all.deb (Reading database ... 65369 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace psb-kernel-source-dkms 4.41.1 (using .../psb-kernel-source-dkms_4.41.1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement psb-kernel-source-dkms ... Setting up psb-kernel-source-dkms (4.41.1) ... Removing old psb-kernel-source-4.41.1 DKMS files... Loading new psb-kernel-source-4.41.1 DKMS files... Error! Tarball is a DKMS binaries-only archive, but your DKMS tree does not have the source installed for psb-kernel-source-4.41.1. To load a DKMS binaries-only archive, you must already have the module source in your DKMS tree. This can be overridden by using --force, but this is not recommended since it will eliminate your ability to actually build for this module. dpkg: error processing psb-kernel-source-dkms (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6 Errors were encountered while processing: psb-kernel-source-dkms If I already have the pre-built binaries, why do I need the sources for them? The target machine has no need for the source code. Oh, and I don't know which --force I should be using... b.g. -- Bill Gatliff b...@billgatliff.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
