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Bug#764901: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Suspend results in shutdown

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  Bug#764901: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Suspend results in shutdown Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org> - 2022-01-07 09:50 +0100
    Bug#764901: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Suspend results in shutdown Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2022-01-07 12:40 +0100
      Bug#764901: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Suspend results in shutdown Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org> - 2022-01-07 14:50 +0100

#74127 — Bug#764901: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Suspend results in shutdown

On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:44:53 -0600 David Zundel <davidzundel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Attempted re-installation of linux-image-3.16-2-amd64 generates an error 
> report:
> 	Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.16-2-amd64 
> 	(x86_64)
> 	Consult /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/make.log for more 
> 	information.

I've seen this problem while upgrading a Debian 7 machine to Debian 8 (don't ask...):

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Paramétrage de linux-image-3.16.0-6-amd64 (3.16.56-1+deb8u1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.16.0-6-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/make.log for more information.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-6-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
GRUB >= 2.00 has been unpacked but not yet configured.
grub-mkconfig will not work until the upgrade is complete.
It should run later as part of configuring the new GRUB packages.

Turns out that the compilation failure happens because dkms is trying to compile the Debian 7 version of 
open-vm-tools (2012.05.21) with Debian 8 kernel (3.16.0-6).

dkms shows that both versions of open-vm-tools are present:

$ sudo dkms status
open-vm-tools, 2012.05.21, 3.2.0-6-amd64, x86_64: installed
open-vm-tools, 9.4.6, 3.16.0-6-amd64, x86_64: installed

I don't know if there's a bug with dkms or open-vm-tools which trigger a compilation of old 
open-vm-tools with newer kernel, but removing the old open-vm-tools from dkms does
solve this issue:

$ sudo dkms remove -m open-vm-tools -v 2012.05.21 --all

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  open-vm-tools
Version: 2012.05.21
Kernel:  3.2.0-6-amd64 (x86_64)
-------------------------------------
[...]

$ sudo dkms status
open-vm-tools, 9.4.6, 3.16.0-6-amd64, x86_64: installed

At this point, the following command finishes the module compilation without problem:

$sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-3.16.0-6-amd64 
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
[...]


HTH

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On Friday, 7 January 2022 09:38:46 CET Dominique Dumont wrote:
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.16.0-6-amd64 (x86_64)
> Consult /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/make.log for more
> information.
> ...
> Turns out that the compilation failure happens because dkms is trying to
> compile the Debian 7 version of open-vm-tools (2012.05.21) with Debian 8
> kernel (3.16.0-6).

It's not uncommon that old dkms packages are not compatible with newer 
kernels. I only have experience with non-packaged dkms modules, but the 
problem is the same. 

Out of Tree modules always have to play catch-up because they can't know how 
the kernel will change in the future and thus they can't know in advance how 
their code should be adapted.
The newer version works with Debian 8, but will highly likely fail with Debian 
9 ... until you update open-vm-tools to a later version which does support 
kernel 4.9. 

> I don't know if there's a bug with dkms or open-vm-tools which trigger a
> compilation of old open-vm-tools with newer kernel

As Ben mentioned in msg #10:
"That is a bug in open-vm-tools, not the kernel."

You went to all that trouble to find a 7+ year old bug, with a title that 
doesn't convey a link with dkms compilation issue, unarchive the bug and 
respond to that, but you missed the (1st) response of a kernel maintainer?

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#74130

On Friday, 7 January 2022 12:29:21 CET Diederik de Haas wrote:
> You went to all that trouble to find a 7+ year old bug, with a title that
> doesn't convey a link with dkms compilation issue, unarchive the bug and
> respond to that, but you missed the (1st) response of a kernel maintainer?

Not exactly. I'm stumbled upon this bug while upgrading an old system in 
production. I did not dare reboot the system without fixing initramfs creation.

This bug report actually gave me a hint that dkms could help, so I've added 
the work-around I've found to this bug report.

I hope this will save some time to the next ops that will have to upgrade a 
Debian 7 production system in vmware.

All the best

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