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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0005550 | Kali Linux | [All Projects] Kali Package Bug | public | 2019-06-16 18:59 | 2019-06-17 18:10 |
| Reporter | shull2805 | Assigned To | steev | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Product Version | 2019.2 | ||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||
| Summary | 0005550: realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms package fails with kalli 4.14.120 armv7l for ODROID XU3, XU4 | ||||
| Description | Driver support for the Alfa AUS036ACH usb wifi adaptor is out-of-date with respect to latest kernel releases. Note that for mainstream releases, the driver package (realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms) is working fine. The issue is related to the ARM releases, specifically for the ODROID XU3 and XU4 SBCs. It appears that the driver package is looking for linux-headers from an older version of the kernel source code. Here is the output from an apt install of the driver package: root@kali:~# apt install realtek-rtl88xxau.dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms' for regex 'realtek-rtl88xxau.dkms' The following additional packages will be installed: dkms Suggested packages: python3-apport menu Recommended packages: linux-headers-686-pae | linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers The following NEW packages will be installed: dkms realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/1862 kB of archives. After this operation, 18.0 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Selecting previously unselected package dkms. (Reading database ... 132306 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../archives/dkms_2.6.1-4_all.deb ... Unpacking dkms (2.6.1-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms. Preparing to unpack .../realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms_5.2.20.2~20190210-0kali1_all.deb ... Unpacking realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (5.2.20.2~20190210-0kali1) ... Setting up dkms (2.6.1-4) ... Setting up realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (5.2.20.2~20190210-0kali1) ... Loading new realtek-rtl88xxau-5.2.20.2~20190210 DKMS files... It is likely that 4.14.120 belongs to a chroot's host Building for 4.14.120 Building initial module for 4.14.120 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.120 (armv7l) Consult /var/lib/dkms/realtek-rtl88xxau/5.2.20.2~20190210/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms (--configure): installed realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@kali:~# Here is the make.log from the install process: oot@kali:~# root@kali:~# cat /var/lib/dkms/realtek-rtl88xxau/5.2.20.2~20190210/build/make.log DKMS make.log for realtek-rtl88xxau-5.2.20.2~20190210 for kernel 4.14.120 (armv7l) Sun Jun 16 16:09:52 UTC 2019 make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.14.120/build M=/var/lib/dkms/realtek-rtl88xxau/5.2.20.2~20190210/build modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel' ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid. include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing. Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it. WARNING: Symbol version dump ./Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. Building modules, stage 2. scripts/Makefile.modpost:43: include/config/auto.conf: No such file or directory make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'include/config/auto.conf'. Stop. make[1]: *** [Makefile:1538: modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel' make: *** [Makefile:1551: modules] Error 2 root@kali:~# FYI, here is my kernel info: root@kali:~# uname -a Linux kali 4.14.120 0000001 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 17 19:34:41 UTC 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | 1) Target device must be ODROID XU3 or XU4 2) Download and install the following image: https://images.offensive-security.com/arm-images/kali-linux-2019.2-odroidxu3.img.xz 2) After installing, run apt update, apt upgrade, and apt dist-upgrade to insure system is current with latest updates, fixes, features, etc 3) run apt install realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms | ||||
| Additional Information | Have also downloaded and installed 2019.2 for the X86 platform. The Realtek driver installs and works perfectly in this environment. | ||||
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Can you try going into /usr/src/kernel and running "make modules_prepare" ? Because of the images being cross compiled, running make modules_prepare during the image build process always resulted in incorrect binaries so we do not run it in there anymore (or shouldn't be); If you want to be certain of it, you can run cd /usr/src/kernel make mrproper make odroidxu4_defconfig make modules_prepare And then re-run the dkms install? |
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Thanks for the speedy response. Your suggestions were right on... the problem was fixed. You da MAN!! |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-16 18:59 | shull2805 | New Issue | |
| 2019-06-17 03:45 | steev | Note Added: 0010700 | |
| 2019-06-17 13:17 | shull2805 | Note Added: 0010702 | |
| 2019-06-17 18:10 | steev | Assigned To | => steev |
| 2019-06-17 18:10 | steev | Status | new => resolved |
| 2019-06-17 18:10 | steev | Resolution | open => no change required |
