On a fully-updated Karmic I had the same problem while installing a custom kernel compiled with make-kpkg. Installing this package solved the problem:
http://linux.dell.com/dkms/permalink/dkms_2.1.1.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb Hope this will help those who cannot upgrade to (still unstable) Lucid. -- dkms - error when installing custom kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292606 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs