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Asked: 2022-06-12 05:50:52 +0800 CST

Syslog error: "modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-37-generic"

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After regular update (apt update && apt dist-upgrade) of my desktop computer to Linux Kernel 5.15.0-37-generic two days ago, syslog started filling with the following error:

modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-37-generic

Any ideas?

More info about my system:

# dkms status
fwts-efi-runtime-dkms/22.03.00, 5.15.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
fwts-efi-runtime-dkms/22.03.00, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed

# uname -rv
5.15.0-37-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 1 19:16:45 UTC 2022

# ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001C8Dsv00001D05sd00001042bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile]
driver   : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-450-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-510-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-510 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

# ll /lib/modules/5.15.0-3[57]-generic/kernel/
/lib/modules/5.15.0-35-generic/kernel/:
total 92
drwxr-xr-x  23 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 ./
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root 4096 Jun 11 16:43 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 arch/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 block/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 crypto/
drwxr-xr-x 111 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 drivers/
drwxr-xr-x  60 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 fs/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 kernel/
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 lib/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 mm/
drwxr-xr-x  61 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 net/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-390/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-418srv/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-450srv/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-470/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-470srv/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun 11 16:43 nvidia-510/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 nvidia-510srv/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 samples/
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 sound/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 ubuntu/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 v4l2loopback/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  3 12:32 zfs/

/lib/modules/5.15.0-37-generic/kernel/:
total 64
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 ./
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root 4096 Jun 11 17:26 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 arch/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 block/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 crypto/
drwxr-xr-x 111 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 drivers/
drwxr-xr-x  60 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 fs/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 kernel/
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 lib/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 mm/
drwxr-xr-x  61 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 net/
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 samples/
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 sound/
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 ubuntu/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 v4l2loopback/
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Jun  9 21:16 zfs/

# dpkg --list | grep -E "^ii.*linux-(headers|image|hwe|modules)"
ii  linux-headers-5.15.0-35                           5.15.0-35.36                            all          Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.15.0
ii  linux-headers-5.15.0-35-generic                   5.15.0-35.36                            amd64        Linux kernel headers for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-5.15.0-37                           5.15.0-37.39                            all          Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.15.0
ii  linux-headers-5.15.0-37-generic                   5.15.0-37.39                            amd64        Linux kernel headers for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-generic                             5.15.0.37.39                            amd64        Generic Linux kernel headers
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-35-generic                     5.15.0-35.36                            amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-5.15.0-37-generic                     5.15.0-37.39                            amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-generic                               5.15.0.37.39                            amd64        Generic Linux kernel image
ii  linux-modules-5.15.0-35-generic                   5.15.0-35.36                            amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-5.15.0-37-generic                   5.15.0-37.39                            amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-35-generic             5.15.0-35.36                            amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-37-generic             5.15.0-37.39                            amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

Update 1:

I tried to reinstall nvidia-driver-510 (proprietary, tested) using Ubuntu's /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk tool. After the update:

# dkms status
fwts-efi-runtime-dkms/22.03.00, 5.15.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
fwts-efi-runtime-dkms/22.03.00, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)
nvidia/510.73.05, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed

But /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk and ll /lib/modules/5.15.0-3[57]-generic/kernel/ outputs stay the same.

However, it seems that the error message has gone away.

Update 2:

I did apt remove fwts-efi-runtime-dkms and now:

# dkms status
nvidia/510.73.05, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
drivers

2 Answers

  1. My guess:
    You have more than one kernel version installed; this is an effect of that.

    Check for installed kernel-related packages with:
    $ dpkg --list | grep -E "^ii.*linux-(headers|image|hwe|modules)"

    ... and compare to the output of uname -rv

    Only one kernel version is required, a kernel one step older might be good to keep, in practice; if there would be some kind of related problem (i.e. booting).

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  2. I got the same error, but after upgrading to kernel 5.15.0-46, which was leading to nvidia-driver not being loaded error. I followed Update 1 from the question, though installing nvidia-driver-515 instead. It worked flawlessly.

    For those who don't know, you can see boot logs with journalctl -b, and then grep nvidia may help find the error on the logs, like this:

    $ journalctl -b | grep nvidia
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-46-generic

    I would have posted this as a comment If I could; I hope this may help others searching for the same error with a recent kernel.

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