[solved] Dkms install every kernel update

tomax · 2022-07-02 17:38:55

Hello, I'm a newbie of Arch. I have a problem: every time I update the kernel via pacman , the system tries to install via dkms all the drivers I tried to install some days ago for a wifi dongle, but I removed those drivers , I tried dkms remove and also dkms uninstall, I check dkms status and there's no output, so no drivers in the dkms tree. I update the kernel and again it tries to build all the drivers I removed previously. How do I get rid of them definitely?

Thanks

Last edited by tomax (2022-07-03 09:17:07)

Scimmia · 2022-07-02 17:41:38

How did you install those drivers?

tomax · 2022-07-02 18:32:47

Scimmia wrote:

How did you install those drivers?

Hi , I installed them in various ways

Some with dkms install and some others with make and make install

loqs · 2022-07-02 19:05:44

What is the output of

# dkms status
pacman -Qo /usr/src/
find /usr/src/ -maxdepth 1 -type d

Last edited by loqs (2022-07-02 19:09:36)

tomax · 2022-07-03 08:02:52

loqs wrote:

What is the output of

# dkms status
pacman -Qo /usr/src/
find /usr/src/ -maxdepth 1 -type d

[tommy@arch ~]$ sudo dkms status
[sudo] password di tommy: 
[tommy@arch ~]$

[tommy@arch ~]$ pacman -Qo /usr/src/~
errore: Nessun pacchetto contiene /usr/src/~
[tommy@arch ~]$

[tommy@arch ~]$ find /usr/src/ -maxdepth 1 -type d
/usr/src/
/usr/src/rtl8188gu-r14.23b04ff
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.12.0
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.4.11458c2226a
/usr/src/rtl8821CU-5.4.1
[tommy@arch ~]$

Here they are!

loqs · 2022-07-03 08:19:19

Those would be the directories to remove (leaving /usr/src/ empty)

/usr/src/rtl8188gu-r14.23b04ff
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.12.0
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.4.11458c2226a
/usr/src/rtl8821CU-5.4.1

You could also remove the dkms package if you are not using it.

tomax · 2022-07-03 08:48:39

loqs wrote:

Those would be the directories to remove (leaving /usr/src/ empty)
/usr/src/rtl8188gu-r14.23b04ff
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.12.0
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.4.11458c2226a
/usr/src/rtl8821CU-5.4.1
You could also remove the dkms package if you are not using it.

Ok thanks, I delete those directories and see if everything is ok at kernel update. I already did dkms remove for every driver

Last edited by tomax (2022-07-03 08:49:14)

tomax · 2022-07-03 09:15:55

loqs wrote:

Those would be the directories to remove (leaving /usr/src/ empty)
/usr/src/rtl8188gu-r14.23b04ff
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.12.0
/usr/src/rtl8821cu-5.4.11458c2226a
/usr/src/rtl8821CU-5.4.1
You could also remove the dkms package if you are not using it.

I tried installing a new kernel and now I don't have the drivers problem anymore, thanks for the answer !

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[solved] Dkms install every kernel update

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