Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-37-generic (x86_64)

Question

After updating some packages in my machine (using aptitude), I got the following error:

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-37-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.6.1/build/make.log for more information.

just after prompting

run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.8.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-37-generic

I have consulted the log file. The first error I've noticed there was at line 458, and this was it:

/var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.6.1/build/src/afs/afs_osi.h:14:21: fatal error: h/param.h: No such file or directory

This error has caused the compilation to terminate and the script to exit with error code 2.

Other than that, update went ok. In addition, inside aptitude I don't see any leftovers of packages to be installed (it says "No packages are scheduled to be installed, removed, or upgraded"). So my question is this: should I worry? Did anything really went wrong with the update? If so: what should I do to fix it?

Edit: output of uname -srvmpio:

Linux 3.8.0-36-generic #52~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 21:54:46 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

This is ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS.

Update

I thought that installing linux-generic has solved the problem. It looked like that on the first place, but after more than a week, having linux-generic still installed, I got the following error on system update, which is almost the same as the old one:

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-38-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.6.1/build/make.log for more information.

Again, line 458 has showed this error:

/var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.6.1/build/src/afs/afs_osi.h:14:21: fatal error: h/param.h: No such file or directory

so I tend to believe the problem is somewhere else.

Solution 1

The version of the OpenAFS client in 12.04.4 does not support the kernel in 12.04.4. See bug 1206387. Specifically, OpenAFS 1.6.1 does not support Linux kernel 3.8, and the relevant patches to make it support that kernel have not been cherry-picked to the official package in precise.

As a workaround, I believe you can use this OpenAFS PPA.

Solution 2

Try this:

Generic:

sudo dkms remove <module>/<version#> --all 

specific example:

sudo dkms remove openafs/1.6.1 --all

After the above steps, upgrade to the new Linux-Generic header.

sudo apt-get install -f --reinstall linux-headers-generic

Reboot the system. Once logged in via the new header, install your openafs back into the system. Note: you may experience compatibility issues as mentioned above.

Warn: Don't delete your previous Linux header, until you've confirmed that the current one works well.

Comments

[Bach]

It is indeed possible that this was the problem, thanks.

[Rmano]

If this was the problem please confirm it --- you can add an answer yourself for example.

[Bach]

So finally it looks like this wasn't the problem. I don't know what the problem is, but this error persists.