Well, this is an issue reported against DKMS package in particular distro: Ubuntu. Not against DKMS as such. It happens on development version of Ubuntu for a long time, can't say how long exactly. Apparently, issue is present since 2011 and is triggered under certain conditions.
>From my understanding the problem is in Ubuntu's DKMS package, since regardless of actual module being compiled I always get the same issue. It might be some hook error or something else, but when I update Ubuntu's native kernel while having VirtualBox installed from Ubuntu's native repository, DKMS should compile kernel modules without issues automatically, but currently it doesn't. If that is not an issue in DKMS package, which is possible, then mark it as affecting another relevant package, but there is something going on wrong that should be fixed and people are suffering from it (71 marked as affected as of right now). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dkms in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830915 Title: Error during kernel upgrade: Could not locate dkms.conf file Status in dkms package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Настраивается пакет linux-image-3.0.0-9-generic (3.0.0-9.12) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.0.0-9-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.0.0-9-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-9-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.0.0-9-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.0.0-9-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.0.0-9-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-9-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-8-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-10-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Ubuntu Natty (development branch) (11.04) on /dev/sdb5 done This, however, doesn't seem to be fatal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: dkms 2.2.0.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 22 12:43:31 2011 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101008.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dkms UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-10 (11 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/830915/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
