This package is not pulling in the right headers from it's depends. You'll need something that pulls in linux-headers-generic | linux- headers I believe.
Have you tested this DKMS build on a standard desktop install? I've only been testing it in a chroot, so I may be a corner case: (jaunty-i386)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/supermario/ubuntu/incoming# apt-get install sl-modem-source Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libfile-basedir-perl libfile-desktopentry-perl Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: busybox-initramfs debhelper dkms dmsetup html2text initramfs-tools kernel-package klibc-utils libdevmapper1.02.1 libklibc libmail-sendmail-perl libsys-hostname-long-perl libvolume-id0 lilo linux-firmware linux-headers-2.6.27-1-386 linux-image linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic linux-image-generic linux-ports-headers-2.6.27-1 mbr module-assistant module-init-tools po-debconf udev uuid-runtime Suggested packages: dh-make linux-source kernel-source libdb3-dev libncurses-dev docbook-utils xmlto linux-initramfs-tool lilo-doc fdutils linux-doc-2.6.27 linux-source-2.6.27 libmail-box-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: busybox-initramfs debhelper dkms dmsetup html2text initramfs-tools kernel-package klibc-utils libdevmapper1.02.1 libklibc libmail-sendmail-perl libsys-hostname-long-perl libvolume-id0 lilo linux-firmware linux-headers-2.6.27-1-386 linux-image linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic linux-image-generic linux-ports-headers-2.6.27-1 mbr module-assistant module-init-tools po-debconf sl-modem-source udev uuid-runtime 0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 36.7MB/37.2MB of archives. After this operation, 166MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! sl-modem-source Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libklibc 1.5.12-2ubuntu1 [45.8kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main klibc-utils 1.5.12-2ubuntu1 [140kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main busybox-initramfs 1:1.10.2-2ubuntu1 [504kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu16 [74.5kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libvolume-id0 124-10 [87.7kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main uuid-runtime 1.41.3-1ubuntu1 [48.1kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main udev 124-10 [264kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu15 [79.7kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 [23.4MB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.27-4ubuntu1 [55.1kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main dmsetup 2:1.02.27-4ubuntu1 [39.6kB] Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main html2text 1.3.2a-5 [91.9kB] Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main po-debconf 1.0.15ubuntu1 [237kB] Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main debhelper 7.0.17ubuntu1 [555kB] Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-firmware 1.2 [3365kB] Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-image-generic 2.6.27.7.11 [2802B] Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-image 2.6.27.7.11 [2792B] Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-ports-headers-2.6.27-1 2.6.27-1.1 [5962kB] Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main linux-headers-2.6.27-1-386 2.6.27-1.1 [597kB] Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main dkms 2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2 [55.5kB] Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main kernel-package 11.012 [537kB] Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libsys-hostname-long-perl 1.4-2 [11.4kB] Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libmail-sendmail-perl 0.79.16-1 [26.5kB] Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main mbr 1.1.9-3ubuntu1 [23.4kB] Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main lilo 1:22.8-6.4ubuntu1 [378kB] Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe module-assistant 0.10.11ubuntu1 [100kB] Fetched 36.7MB in 4s (9027kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package libklibc. 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Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.24-20-generic cannot be found at /lib/modules/2.6.24-20-generic/build or /lib/modules/2.6.24-20-generic/source. Installing initial module Error! The directory /lib/modules/2.6.24-20-generic doesn't exist. You cannot install a module onto a non-existant kernel. Done. Setting up initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu15) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up udev (124-10) ... /etc/iftab does not exist to convert Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/finish ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/udev missing LSB information update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts> update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/udev-finish missing LSB information update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts> Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.14) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. Setting up linux-image-generic (2.6.27.7.11) ... Setting up linux-image (2.6.27.7.11) ... Setting up dkms (2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2) ... * Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.24-20-generic * sl-modem (2.9.11~20080817)... [fail] Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic -- Add DKMS support to sl-modem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298273 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs