Ubuntu 22.04: problem installing nvidia-driver-525

[Andreas Sindermann]

On 4/20/23 13:07, Thomas Lange wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:45:52 +0200, Andreas Sindermann <sinder at thp.uni-koeln.de> said:
> 
>      > Hi all,
>      > there seems to be a problem installing a Ubuntu 22.04 package that is
>      > trying to call update-initramfs:
> 
>      > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64
>      > W: missing /lib/modules/5.10.0-18-amd64
>      > W: Ensure all necessary drivers are built into the linux image!
>      > depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/5.10.0-18-amd64: No
>      > such file or directory
> Is 5.10.0-18-amd64 the kernel version, that is running during the
> installation? Or is it the ubuntu kernel version inside /target?

Yes, it seems that  5.10.0-18-amd64  is indeed the Debian kernel running 
during the installation:


root at jammysrv:/srv/fai/nfsroot/lib/modules# ls
5.10.0-18-amd64


> 
> My guess is that update-initramfs tries to build an initrd for the
> wrong kernel version.
> 
> Can you just ignore this error, or does the installation aborts?


The installation itself continues but the gpu is not identified when 
booting the installed Ubuntu 22.04:

root at l96:~# lspci  |grep -i nvi
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2507 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 228e (rev a1)

It should create the initramfs in the Ubuntu environment, not in the 
Debian environment...

Thanks!
Andreas

> 
> 
> regards Thomas

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