Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dkms
Proprietary modules (like fgrlx) usually need an update to build against newer kernels than what the driver was tested with. People installing backported kernels (either from a distro release or vanilla upstream ones) face problems when the build fails against such a kernel, and apport files bugs which have to be cleaned afterwards. There should be a way to tell dkms not to build a module for kernels newer than $FOO, or (maybe preferably) at least make the failure non- fatal so that the package still installs fine but issues a warning that the build failed for some kernel(s). ** Affects: dkms (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist Status: New ** Changed in: dkms (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735505 Title: RFC: add a mechanism to disable building a module for known bad kernels -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs