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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960633 Title: Create linux-modules-extra-generic metapackage Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Kernel: Ubuntu 5.13.0-28.31-generic 5.13.19 Distribution: Ubuntu 21.10 (impish) I run an Ubuntu desktop as a VMWare virtual machine client. The linux-modules-extra-${VERSION}-generic package contains several critical VMWare drivers (vmwgfx, vmw_vmci, vmw_vsock), so I need to keep it installed and updated. Since it is a virtual machine, there is no need to install packages such as linux-firmware (761MB uncompressed). I would prefer to remove linux-firmware to reduce disk space and bandwidth usage, but linux- image-generic depends on it. I would remove linux-image-generic and rely on linux-image-virtual, but linux-image-virtual does not depend on linux-modules- extra-${VERSION}-generic, and there is no linux-modules-extra-generic metapackage. I would have to manually install linux-modules- extra-${VERSION}-generic every time I update the kernel. There are already linux-modules-extra-aws, linux-modules-extra-gcp and linux-modules-extra-gke metapackages which fulfill the same purpose for their respective linux-modules-extra-${VERSION}-xxx packages. It would be very helpful to me (and, I'm sure, many others) to complete the set with a linux-modules-extra-generic metapackage that would depend on the latest linux-modules-extra-${VERSION}-generic. Thank you for your consideration. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ccherlin 1645 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-05 (405 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. ens33 no wireless extensions. docker0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Lsusb-t: /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/7p, 12M /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/6p, 480M MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13.0-28-generic root=UUID=24bdcc30-04b8-446e-93e6-b23683ad4034 ro find_preseed=/preseed.cfg auto noprompt priority=critical locale=en_US quiet zswap.enabled=1 zswap.compressor=lz4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-28.31-generic 5.13.19 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-28-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-28-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.201.3 RfKill: Tags: impish Uname: Linux 5.13.0-28-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-18 (118 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/12/2020 dmi.bios.release: 4.6 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.ec.firmware.release: 0.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd11/12/2020:br4.6:efr0.0:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:sku: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1960633/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
