Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing /lib/modules directory

[Mark Smith <markasmith101@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the reply Salvatore,

My system is now running uname -r 6.12.32-amd64 without issues...

When the update first installed and i rebooted - my system hung and i got an error related to what I had sent you - I am not the most technical when it comes to these specific issues so I had used ChatGPT to try and and resolve the issue, as i was able to select 6.12.31-amd64 (which was option 3) from the grub menu and boot back into my system after the initial error.

I have Nvidia Driver Version: 550.163.01 and CUDA Version: 12.4 installed on my system and there were also some errors related to this below the initial 6.12.32 error i reported but I think these were cause by the kernel error my system was showing - however, after some faffing about, reinstalling nvidia drivers and running further updates it seem my system did indeed update to 6.12.32-amd64 as needed and is now running fine.

I had asked ChatGPT if I should report this to the Debian team as I wanted to try and help and it gave me a template response which I sent you.

If anything like this should ever happen again, I will make sure I gather/save any logs and or screen shots if possible - as I would like to help you guys in any small way that I can, as I am very impressed with Trixie and want to use this as my daily driver going forward...

So if you have any suggestions or recommendations on what I should do if I ever need to log any issues with you guys in the future (which I doubt as your software tends to be excellent) then please let me know or send me a link to any useful info as ChatGPT can give less than perfect info on this.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Mark

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:21:22 +0200 Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:

> Control: reassign -1 src:linux 6.12.32-1
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 02:02:25PM +0100, Mark wrote:
> > Package: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64
> > Version: 6.12.32-1
> > Severity: normal
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: markasmith101@gmail.com
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> >
> > * What led up to the situation?
> >
> > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> > ineffective)?
> > * What was the outcome of this action?
> > * What outcome did you expect instead?
> >
> > Package: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64
> > Version: 6.12.32-1
> >
> > After installing linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 on Debian testing (Trixie), the kernel boots fine but the /lib/modules/6.12.32 directory is missing.
> >
> > This causes update-initramfs and DKMS to fail for this kernel, as no modules are present.
> >
> > linux-image-6.12.31-amd64 works correctly.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> > 1. Install linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 via apt
> > 2. Run update-initramfs -u -k 6.12.32
> > 3. Observe missing /lib/modules/6.12.32
> >
> > Please check if the build is incomplete or if a dependency is missing.
>
> The modules are correctly in the Debian package, can you thus please
> provide the full apt and dpkg logs from your upgrade to the 6.12.32
> kernel please?
>
> (note that in above you have two commands you got the update-initramfs
> call wrong (btw, it is done automatically on package installation), it
> should be
>
> update-initramfs -u -k 6.12.32-amd64
>
> and the module directory is not /lib/modules/6.12.32 but
> /lib/modules/6.12.32-amd64.
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore
>
>