[Bug 205661] New: Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

[Bug 205661] New: Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

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            Bug ID: 205661
           Summary: Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: Kernel 5.4
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Video(DRI - non Intel)
          Assignee: drivers_video-dri@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: ivan@cyteck.co.uk
        Regression: No

Created attachment 286071
  --> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=286071&action=edit
Screen Dump with erros showing.

When running upgrade process (from K5.3.13) to 5.4 x2 problems appear.

a) 1st error looks like missing firmware 

b) 2nd error fails on graphics driver (Nvidia 430.50 driver already installed &
had been working fine in K5.3.13) The graphics card is an Nvidia GT 710.

System is running Linux Mint 9.2 (tina)

Details:- When I had installed K5.4 (after the errors showed) & rebooted the
system came back up, the mouse pointer showed immediately the wrong screen
resolution. After desktop login there was an error message saying that I had no
video acceleration.Please run driver manager which I did but it only showed the
correct previously selected driver 430.50 as selected. So driver manager was no
help whats ever.

To conclude:- I had to revert the kernal back to K5.3.13 and this solved the
problems.

NOTES:- Screen Dump of the problems at upgrade & also sending you the make.log
from the Nvidia driver/card.

================================================================================
Make.log text pasted below here:-
DKMS make.log for nvidia-430.50 for kernel 5.4.0-050400-lowlatency (x86_64)
Mon 25 Nov 18:54:56 GMT 2019
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-050400-lowlatency'
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (       
        \
echo >&2;                                                       \
echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";           \
echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing.";\
echo >&2 "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
it.";      \
echo >&2 ;                                                      \
/bin/false)
make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build
single-build= need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
  ln -sf /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build/nvidia/nv-kernel.o_binary
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build/nvidia/nv-kernel.o
The Module.symvers file is missing, or does not contain any
symbols exported from the kernel. This could cause the NVIDIA
kernel modules to be built against a configuration that does
not accurately reflect the actual target kernel.
The Module.symvers file check can be disabled by setting the
environment variable IGNORE_MISSING_MODULE_SYMVERS to 1.
  ln -sf
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-kernel.o_binary
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-kernel.o
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build/Kbuild:182: recipe for target
'module_symvers_sanity_check' failed
make[2]: *** [module_symvers_sanity_check] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:1652: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build' failed
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/430.50/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-050400-lowlatency'
Makefile:81: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

================================================================================

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[Bug 205661] Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

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--- Comment #1 from Jani Nikula (jani.nikula@intel.com) ---
FYI, the bugzilla is for upstream kernel, not out-of-tree code.

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[Bug 205661] Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

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--- Comment #2 from Ivan Ratoyevsky (ivan@cyteck.co.uk) ---
Hi Jani, Thanks for your response but I don't really understand what you mean?

a) I have resolved the 1st firmware error. Managed to source a current copy of
the missing firmware file for a realtek NIC. I copied the file to the required
folder and the error is now gone.

b) The Nvidia driver error is still a major problem. This error only showed up
with K5.4. I downgraded back to K5.3.13 and I have no driver issues now.

So its definitely something within K5.4 that's a problem with Nvidia graphics
drivers. Its related to DKMS but more than that is beyond my knowledge or
experience with Linux & the kernel.

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[Bug 205661] Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

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--- Comment #3 from Jani Nikula (jani.nikula@intel.com) ---
I'm just trying to say that when the driver is not part of the Linux kernel
source, you are highly unlikely to receive help here, beyond telling you
exactly this.

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[Bug 205661] Upgrade to 5.4 from K5.3.13 fails x2 attempts

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Artem S. Tashkinov (aros@gmx.com) changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |aros@gmx.com
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from Artem S. Tashkinov (aros@gmx.com) ---
This is your distro kernel problem. Open a bug report elsewhere.

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