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teamgeist

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Registered: 2019-02-25

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Cardreader driver installation - Missing kernel headers error

Hello,

since my cardreader doesn't recognize some cards I tried to install another driver from the AUR (rts5227).

But the module won't be installed due to Missing kernel headers. The system is up to date and has never been updated partially always with pacman -Syu

I'm not sure what the * in the Error message means.

Do you know what the problem could be?

Thanks in advance

makepkg Output:

==> WARNING: A package has already been built, installing existing package...
==> Installing package rts5227-dkms with pacman -U...
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) rts5227-dkms-1.07-6

Total Installed Size:  0.51 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                     [###########] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [###########] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                        [###########] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                  [###########] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                [###########] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing rts5227-dkms                      [###########] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Install DKMS modules
==> Unable to install module rts5227/1.07 for kernel *: Missing kernel headers.
(2/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

Last edited by teamgeist (2019-02-25 13:29:44)

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Cardreader driver installation - Missing kernel headers error

Have you installed the kernel headers?

pacman -S linux-headers

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teamgeist

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Registered: 2019-02-25

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Cardreader driver installation - Missing kernel headers error

You are right. I installed the package and now it's working fine.

Guess I thought the headers didn't need to be installed seperately. Not sure how I could miss that. Well I'm still learning.

Thanks a lot for your hint though.