How to resolve the "/lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build: No such file or directory" error message?

Question

I'm following the instructions on this page so I can submit enough information about my machine to this bug report module.

I'm stuck in running some of the following commands

git clone git://github.com/Lekensteyn/acpi-stuff.git
cd acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info
make
sudo make load
cat /proc/acpi/dump_info > handles.txt

I cloned the Git repository but I can't run the make command, I'm getting the following error messages:

mg@MG-7520SE:~/workspace/HybridGraphicsCards$ cd acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info
mg@MG-7520SE:~/workspace/HybridGraphicsCards/acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info$ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build M=/home/mg/workspace/HybridGraphicsCards/acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
Makefile:9: recipe for target 'default' failed
make: *** [default] Error 2
mg@MG-7520SE:~/workspace/HybridGraphicsCards/acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info$ sudo make
[sudo] password for mg: 
make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build M=/home/mg/workspace/HybridGraphicsCards/acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
Makefile:9: recipe for target 'default' failed
make: *** [default] Error 2

So after cloning the Git repository, I access the specified directory acpi-stuff/acpi_dump_info and ran make but it didn't work. I tried running it as sudo it still didn't work.

I noticed its complaining because there is not build directory under the /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/ directory. I'm not sure what this is exactly but from the looks of it, the make command needed a compiled version of my kernel but didn't find one. But I know nothing about that anyway.

I tried installing linux headers by running the commands

1. sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic
2. sudo apt-get install linux-headers-uname -r`

..but they both failed and had the same output

mg@MG-7520SE:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic
[sudo] password for mg: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic' has no installation candidate

My system infomration:

mg@MG-7520SE:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.10
Release:    14.10
Codename:   utopic
mg@MG-7520SE:~$ uname -a
Linux MG-7520SE 3.13.0-27-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 15 18:06:16 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So what should I do to be able to run the make command successfully under this directory ?

Solution 1

I was using a kernel (v3.13) that is not meant to be used with the distro version I'm using (Ubuntu 14.10).

So I installed the latest possible kernel for my distro by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install linux-generic

It fixed my brightness issue too !

Solution 2

you need to install linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic package

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic

or better

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

this will provide the link /lib/modules/3.13.0-27-generic/build

Solution 3

Find where your build-essentials are kept

find / | grep include/generated/autoconf.h

Mine returned

/usr/src/linux-headers-4.19.0-5-amd64/include/generated/autoconf.h

If you followed the guides online and they didn't work, replace

/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

With the result from above - in my case

/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`

So, in total

obj-m += hello-1.o

all:
    make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-$(shell uname -r) M=$(PWD) modules

clean:
    make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-$(shell uname -r) M=$(PWD) clean

Comments

[Muhammad Gelbana]

It didn't work. Check my question for the output of running these commands.

[solsTiCe]

what are you running ? ubuntu ? debian ? mint ? try running sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade before

[Muhammad Gelbana]

(Ubuntu 14.10) uname -a: Linux MG-7520SE 3.13.0-27-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 15 18:06:16 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux, lsb_release -a: No LSB modules are available, Distributor ID: Ubuntu, Description: Ubuntu 14.10, Release: 14.10, Codename: utopic

[jzonthemtn]

Can someone please explain why this answer is downvoted?

[Mark Jeronimus]

uname -r or $(uname -r) doesn't work. The header I need is 4.4.0-154-generic but the command results in 4.4.154. Moreover, I had to edit Makefile because it also (ab)uses uname