An external module fails the Kernel build

Hello, I am running a Debian distro, and the system has a single external module installed.
I apologize for the lengthy post, but the logs help clarify.
- khaled@kh-deb:~$ uname -a
- Linux kh-deb 6.12.6-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.6-1 (2024-12-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
- khaled@kh-deb:~$ sudo dkms status
- nvidia-current/535.216.03, 6.1.0-25-amd64, x86_64: installed
- nvidia-current/535.216.03, 6.12.6-amd64, x86_64: installed
I can compile the kernel from source successfully.
- khaled@kh-deb:~/linux_work/linux:~$ make mrproper
- make defconfig
- make CC='ccache gcc' -j$(nproc)
- sudo make modules_prepare
- sudo make modules_install
But when I install, the dkms autoinstall starts and fails to install 'nvidia-current'
- khaled@kh-deb:~/linux_work/linux$ sudo make install
- INSTALL /boot
- run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52 /boot/vmlinuz-6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52
- dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52.
- The kernel is built without module signing facility, modules won't be signed
- Building module:
- Cleaning build area...(bad exit status: 2)
- Failed command:
- make KERNEL_UNAME=6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52 clean
- Building module(s)...(bad exit status: 2)
- Failed command:
- env NV_VERBOSE=1 make -j8 modules KERNEL_UNAME=6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52
- Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52 (x86_64)
- Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/535.216.03/build/make.log for more information.
- dkms autoinstall on 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52/x86_64 failed for nvidia-current(10)
- Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
- Refer to previous errors for more information.
- dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52 failed!
- run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
- make[1]: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:321: install] Error 11
- make: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
As per the logs, inspecting /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/535.216.03/build/make.log
- khaled@kh-deb:~/linux_work/linux$ cat /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/535.216.03/build/make.log
- DKMS make.log for nvidia-current-535.216.03 for kernel 6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52 (x86_64)
- Fri Jan 17 02:01:55 AM EET 2025
- Makefile:18: /Kbuild: No such file or directory
- make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/Kbuild'. Stop.
So, I refer to the kernel docs about external modules https://docs.kernel.org/kbuild/modules.html#how-to-build-external-modules
And prepare the build and install commands sudo make -C ~/linux_work/linux/ M=$PWD
to run from inside /var/libs/dkms/nvidia-currrent/source
- khaled@kh-deb:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/535.216.03/source$ sudo make -C ~/linux_work/linux/ M=$PWD
- make: Entering directory '/home/khaled/linux_work/linux'
- make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/nvidia-current-535.216.03'
- MODPOST Module.symvers
- make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/nvidia-current-535.216.03'
- make: Leaving directory '/home/khaled/linux_work/linux'
- khaled@kh-deb:/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/535.216.03/source$ sudo make -C ~/linux_work/linux/ M=$PWD modules_install
- make: Entering directory '/home/khaled/linux_work/linux'
- make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/nvidia-current-535.216.03'
- DEPMOD /lib/modules/6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52
- make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/nvidia-current-535.216.03'
- make: Leaving directory '/home/khaled/linux_work/linux'
No errors or anything, but I can't find the module installed, I inspect /lib/modules/<new kernel>/
but no upates/
directory, and dmks status
doesn't show the new version.
- khaled@kh-deb:~/linux_work/linux$ ll /lib/modules/6.13.0-rc7-00043-g619f0b6fad52/
- total 204K
- drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jan 17 02:23 .
- drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 17 01:59 ..
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jan 17 01:59 build -> /home/khaled/linux_work/linux
- drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jan 17 01:59 kernel
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 862 Jan 17 02:23 modules.alias
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K Jan 17 02:23 modules.alias.bin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12K Jan 17 01:59 modules.builtin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Jan 17 02:23 modules.builtin.alias.bin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Jan 17 02:23 modules.builtin.bin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114K Jan 17 01:59 modules.builtin.modinfo
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 340 Jan 17 02:23 modules.dep
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 975 Jan 17 02:23 modules.dep.bin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 17 02:23 modules.devname
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 331 Jan 17 01:59 modules.order
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89 Jan 17 02:23 modules.softdep
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 Jan 17 02:23 modules.symbols
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 Jan 17 02:23 modules.symbols.bin
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 Jan 17 02:23 modules.weakdep
- khaled@kh-deb:~/linux_work/linux$ sudo dkms status
- nvidia-current/535.216.03, 6.1.0-25-amd64, x86_64: installed
- nvidia-current/535.216.03, 6.12.6-amd64, x86_64: installed
Trying to rerun make install in the kernel tree, prints the same issue.
I would appreciate help with understanding the following:
1- What am I missing in this configuration?
2- As an alternative solution that does not use out-of-tree modules, I check nouveau and intel graphics drivers in menuconfig and install, but dkms still pops up breaking the build. I can't find any config in menuconfig to disable 'nvidia-current' proprietary drivers or even all out-of-tree modules.
Thank you.
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