Bad update to generic 6.17.0-7.7

[Stevefin]

Hi I did an update that seemed to have cause kernal panic and had to revert back to a previous full version. Doing a manual console update gives me this



Setting up linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic (6.17.0-7.7) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic (6.17.0-7.7) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Autoinstall of module amdgpu/6.14.14-2226257.24.04 for kernel 6.17.0-7-generic (x86_64)
Building module(s).........(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
'make' KERNELVER=6.17.0-7-generic
/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py:101: DeprecationWarning: apport.fatal() is deprecated. Please use apport
.logging.fatal() directly instead.
apport.fatal('Cannot create report: ' + str(e))
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/amdgpu-dkms.0.crash'

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-7-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/amdgpu/6.14.14-2226257.24.04/build/make.log for more information.

Autoinstall on 6.17.0-7-generic failed for module(s) amdgpu(10).

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic (--configure):
installed linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic:
linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic; however:
Package linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-headers-generic (= 6.17.0-7.7); however:
Package linux-headers-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic (6.17.0-7.7) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport repor
t written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Autoinstall of module amdgpu/6.14.14-2226257.24.04 for kernel 6.17.0-7-generic (x86_64)
Building module(s).........(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
'make' KERNELVER=6.17.0-7-generic
/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py:101: DeprecationWarning: apport.fatal() is deprecated. Please use apport
.logging.fatal() directly instead.
apport.fatal('Cannot create report: ' + str(e))
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/amdgpu-dkms.0.crash'

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-7-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/amdgpu/6.14.14-2226257.24.04/build/make.log for more information.

Autoinstall on 6.17.0-7-generic failed for module(s) amdgpu(10).

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic
linux-headers-generic
linux-generic
linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)



I am not experienced enough to know what this means other than something with the GPU driver and on how to fix it

[claydoh]

You probably need to uninstall the AMDGPU video driver. It isn't useful on desktop systems and doesn't support non-LTS Ubuntu releases anyway.
It is trying to build a kernel module for the new kernel update and failing

I'm not sure if Secure Boot is getting in the way here or not.

AMD uses Mesa for 3d acceleration (aka gaming etc ) on the desktop, and actually recommends using the built-in open source drivers for most situations

If you want to try a more up to date Mesa after removing AMDGPU, there is a PPA that provides this.

https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa