Unable to build kernel 4.4 with dkms/nvidia-396 on Ubuntu 16.04

gpldecha · 01-13-2019, 10:55 AM

Hi,

I am a complete novice when it comes to building a linux kernel from source. I would like to be able to build one as I would either need to patch it with the preempt_rt patch or use it with xenomai.

I am currently running Ubuntu 16.04 with a GTX 1080.

I have tried a few kernel image from v4.x

- 4.4.1
- 4.4.14
- 4.4.169

which I patched with the corresponding kernel-ppa/mainline/ Ubuntu patches.

Then for each of the kernel sources I ran the following:

Code:

make menuconfig

and I simply saved to .config, did not change anything.
The did the following steps:

Code:

make 
sudo make modules_install
sudo make install
sh ./arch/x86/boot/install.sh 4.4.14 arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
	System.map "/boot"
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.14 /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.14
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.4.14 /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.14
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.4.14 is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.14 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-396/396.54/build/make.log for more information.

which resulted in the above message. I have tried various combinations of the kernel versions with nvidia-384, nvidia-396 and nvidia-415 which
resulted in the same type of error message.

I would appreciate any help or suggestion on how I can compile a linux kernel which will work with ubuntu nvidia drivers.

Mara · 01-13-2019, 01:44 PM

Please post the log file content (/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-396/396.54/build/make.log)

The build failure cause will be in this file.

gpldecha · 01-16-2019, 02:24 PM

Since then I have re-installed my OS to Ubuntu 18.04 and do not have the log fails. I remember there being only a few lines one of them
being:

/Kbuild: No such file or directory nvidia-384