dpkg: warning: version 'uname -r' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit

echoR1 · 12-18-2022, 08:05 AM

Hi, I was looking around but I'm not still able to resolve this problem

# Ubuntu server 22.04

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

$ uname -r
kernel 6.0.9-060009-generic

# old kernels
$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+'
ii linux-image-5.15.0-56-generic 5.15.0-56.62 amd64 Signed kernel image generic

$ nvidia-smi
Command 'nvidia-smi' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-390 # version 390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, or
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-450-server # version 450.216.04-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-470 # version 470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-470-server # version 470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-510 # version 510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-515 # version 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-515-server # version 515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-525 # version 525.60.11-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-418-server # version 418.226.00-0ubuntu4
sudo apt install nvidia-utils-510-server # version 510.47.03-0ubuntu3

There is not a recommend version

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

PHP Code:



dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.19.3-051903' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.18.0-051800' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.19.3-051903' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.15.5-051505' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.19.3-051903' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.19.3-051903' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-6.0.9-060009' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
dpkg: warning: version 'unsigned-5.19.3-051903' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 513, in <module>
    greet()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 84, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 432, in autoinstall
    command_install(config)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 187, in command_install
    UbuntuDrivers.detect.nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook(to_install)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 839, in nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook
    with_nvidia_kms = version >= 470
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'version' referenced before assignment

Any help please? If you need more info let me know.

smallpond · 12-18-2022, 09:43 AM

Weird. "uname -r" should just give the kernel version, like "6.0.9-060009-generic" but yours is giving "kernel 6.0.9-060009-generic"

Do you have an alias or a non-standard version of uname?

Can you post the output of:

Code:

cat /proc/version

echoR1 · 12-19-2022, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smallpond

Weird. "uname -r" should just give the kernel version, like "6.0.9-060009-generic" but yours is giving "kernel 6.0.9-060009-generic"

Do you have an alias or a non-standard version of uname?

Can you post the output of:

Code:

cat /proc/version

Hi, sorry I added the word "kernel", in any case looking in the version file I have this:

Linux version 6.0.9-060009-generic (kernel@sita) (x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.2.0-9ubuntu1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.39) #202211161102 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Nov 16 12:14:18 UTC 2022

Any idea is welcome!

pan64 · 12-19-2022, 06:03 AM

Quote:

dpkg:*warning:*version*'unsigned-5.19.3-051903'*has*bad*syntax:*version*number*does*not*start*with*digit

This means (if I understand well) you want to install a custom made kernel with a non-standard version info (or something similar).
From the other hand this "unsigned" may mean a configuration error somewhere, therefore the system cannot parse version info properly.
Did you make any [related] modification on the system?

echoR1 · 12-19-2022, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

This means (if I understand well) you want to install a custom made kernel with a non-standard version info (or something similar).
From the other hand this "unsigned" may mean a configuration error somewhere, therefore the system cannot parse version info properly.
Did you make any [related] modification on the system?

Hi, I always update the kernel manually, taking the info from here. During the first/fresh Ubuntu OS installation has a kernel something like 5.15.x and I prefer to upgrade to the, more or less, last one. The problem is that I do not have idea what happened :-/ I also have the same problem with 2 other machines (ubuntu-server). In two of them I can re-install Ubuntu (in case I do not have any solution) but in one of them it is very very very hard :-( With Ubuntu LTS/GUI no problem.

echoR1 · 12-19-2022, 11:27 AM

I uninstalled all new kernels and I went back to the original one ... now install the drivers without errors but doesn't detect the GPU ...