Bug#996461: nvidia-kernel-dkms: DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-470.74

[Drew Parsons]

On 2021-10-15 19:23, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 14/10/2021 12.15, Drew Parsons wrote:
>> Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
>> Version: 470.74-1
>> Severity: serious
>> Justification: fails to configure
>> 
>> Upgrade to the new nvidia-driver 470.74-1 (nvidia-kernel-dkms) fails
>> at the configuration step with this error message:
>> 
>> $ sudo aptitude
>> Performing actions...
>> Setting up nvidia-kernel-dkms (470.74-1) ...
>> Removing old nvidia-current-470.74 DKMS files...
>> Loading new nvidia-current-470.74 DKMS files...
>> Error! DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-470.74
>> You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
> 
> What happened earlier?
> Did you somehow try to manually install the 470.74 driver from the .run 
> file?

No, I didn't try any manual installations. Only upgrading nvidia-driver 
and nvidia-kernel-dkms etc to the version in experimental at times.


> What happened at the first configuration attempt of the package?
> You should find the full transcript of upgrading to 470 somewhere in
> /var/log/apt/term.log*


/var/log/apt/term.log tells me it was upgrading from 470.63.01-1

Nothing unusual in the unpacking step (I guess we can ignore the message 
"Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.14.0-1-amd64/
rmdir: failed to remove '': No such file or directory"),

...
Unpacking nvidia-vdpau-driver:i386 (470.74-1) over (470.63.01-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../056-nvidia-kernel-dkms_470.74-1_amd64.deb ...
Module nvidia-current-470.63.01 for kernel 5.14.0-1-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

nvidia-current.ko:
  - Uninstallation
    - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.14.0-1-amd64/
rmdir: failed to remove '': No such file or directory
  - Original module
    - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
    - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module 
version.


nvidia-current-modeset.ko:
  - Uninstallation
    - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.14.0-1-amd64/
rmdir: failed to remove '': No such file or directory
  - Original module
    - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
    - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module 
version.
...
Deleting module nvidia-current-470.63.01 completely from the DKMS tree.
Unpacking nvidia-kernel-dkms (470.74-1) over (470.63.01-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../057-nvidia-kernel-support_470.74-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-kernel-support (470.74-1) over (470.63.01-1) ...
...


Then setup step shows no errors, until
...
Setting up nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64 (470.74-1) ...
Setting up nvidia-vdpau-driver:i386 (470.74-1) ...
Setting up libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:amd64 (470.74-1) ...
Setting up nvidia-kernel-dkms (470.74-1) ...
Loading new nvidia-current-470.74 DKMS files...
Building for 5.14.0-2-amd64
Building initial module for 5.14.0-2-amd64
+ [ clean = modules ]
At main.c:160:
- SSL error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: 
../crypto/bio/bss_file.c:69
- SSL error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file: 
../crypto/bio/bss_file.c:76
sign-file: /root/dkms.key: No such file or directory
Error! Bad exit status 1 for sign tool.
Consult 
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/470.74/5.14.0-2-amd64/x86_64/log/make.log 
for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-kernel-dkms (--configure):
  installed nvidia-kernel-dkms package post-installation script 
subprocess returned error exit status 11
Setting up libgles-nvidia1:amd64 (470.74-1) ...
Setting up libegl-nvidia0:amd64 (470.74-1) ...
Setting up nvidia-smi (470.74-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver:
  nvidia-driver depends on nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 470.74-1) | 
nvidia-kernel-470.74; however:
   Package nvidia-kernel-dkms is not configured yet.
   Package nvidia-kernel-470.74 is not installed.
   Package nvidia-kernel-dkms which provides nvidia-kernel-470.74 is not 
configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up nvidia-driver-bin (470.74-1) ...


I guess that reference to bss_file.c must be a clue, if not the 
reference to the missing /root/dkms.key

The 470.74/5.14.0-2 make.log in the error message shows no errors 
itself, but the last line is
"Signing /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/470.74/build/nvidia.ko"

Drew