daedalus-v4l2-dkms: loud warning when DKMS build doesn't land

Sonnet pre-deployment review caught a BLOCKER: on a fresh higgs
(Debian 13 / Pi CM5) install without the RPi kernel headers
pre-installed, the postinst's `dkms autoinstall || true` silently
swallowed the build failure. Package appeared installed but the
.ko was absent; `modprobe daedalus_v4l2` then failed and the
entire stack was dead with no clear pointer to the cause.

Fix in both ecosystems:

debian/daedalus-v4l2-dkms/build-deb.sh:
- After `dkms autoinstall`, verify the post-condition with
  `dkms status -m daedalus_v4l2 -v VER -k $(uname -r)`.
- If the module isn't 'installed' / 'loaded' for the running
  kernel, emit a yellow-bolded ANSI warning naming the most
  likely cause (kernel headers package missing) and the exact
  recovery steps (linux-headers-rpi-2712 for RPi or
  linux-headers-$KERNELVER for Debian generic, then
  `dkms autoinstall` + `modprobe`).
- Colour only on TTY; the warning is unconditional regardless.

arch/daedalus-v4l2-dkms/:
- New daedalus-v4l2-dkms.install with post_install +
  post_upgrade hooks that run the same `dkms status` check.
- post_upgrade catches the case where a kernel-headers package
  was uninstalled / pruned between upgrades, silently
  regressing the build.
- Wired into the PKGBUILD via install="${pkgname}.install".

Both versions point at the actual repair commands rather than
just saying "build failed", so the user is one apt/pacman away
from a working stack instead of debugging dkms internals.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-05-18 18:38:52 +00:00
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commit 4776dc01d2
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@@ -78,10 +78,53 @@ set -e
NAME=${MODULE_NAME}
VERSION=${PKGVER}
KERNELVER=\$(uname -r)
# Yellow + bold ANSI for the warning so it stands out in apt's
# stream of "Setting up" lines. Disable colour on non-TTY.
if [ -t 1 ]; then
Y=\$(printf '\\033[1;33m'); R=\$(printf '\\033[0m')
else
Y=''; R=''
fi
warn() {
printf '%s==> daedalus-v4l2-dkms: %s%s\\n' "\$Y" "\$1" "\$R" >&2
}
if [ "\$1" = "configure" ]; then
if ! command -v dkms >/dev/null 2>&1; then
warn "dkms not installed; module \$NAME/\$VERSION not registered."
warn "Install 'dkms' then run: dkms add \$NAME/\$VERSION && dkms autoinstall"
exit 0
fi
if [ "\$1" = "configure" ] && command -v dkms >/dev/null 2>&1; then
dkms add "\$NAME/\$VERSION" 2>/dev/null || true
dkms autoinstall "\$NAME/\$VERSION" || true
# Don't let autoinstall failure mask the actual problem behind '|| true'.
# Run it, capture the result, then verify post-condition.
autoinstall_rc=0
dkms autoinstall "\$NAME/\$VERSION" || autoinstall_rc=\$?
# Verify the module actually built + installed for the running kernel.
status=\$(dkms status -m "\$NAME" -v "\$VERSION" -k "\$KERNELVER" 2>/dev/null || true)
if ! printf '%s\\n' "\$status" | grep -q -E 'installed|loaded'; then
warn ""
warn "DKMS build did NOT land for kernel \$KERNELVER."
warn " dkms status -m \$NAME -v \$VERSION -k \$KERNELVER:"
warn " \$(printf '%s' "\$status" | head -1)"
warn ""
warn "Most likely cause: kernel headers package is missing."
warn " Raspberry Pi OS / Pi 5: apt install linux-headers-rpi-2712"
warn " Debian generic: apt install linux-headers-\$KERNELVER"
warn ""
warn "After installing headers, finish the install with:"
warn " sudo dkms autoinstall \$NAME/\$VERSION"
warn " sudo modprobe daedalus_v4l2"
warn ""
warn "Until then daedalus_v4l2 will NOT be loadable and the"
warn "userspace daedalus-v4l2 daemon will have nothing to talk to."
fi
fi
#DEBHELPER#