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Build error when installing bbswitch-dkms on Ubuntu 14.04.3

Bug #1532538 reported by flojten on 2016-01-10

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bbswitch (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have an Nvidia Optimus graphic card installed and have the Nvidia driver installed and working for my Intel card, but I cannot switch to the Nvidia card. This is because bbswitch-dkms will not build during install via apt-get or from source.

My system

* Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
* NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce GT 520M]
* linux-image-3.19.0-42-generic
* linux-headers-3.19.0-42-generic
* linux-image-extra-3.19.0-42-generic
* dkms: 2.2.0.3
* gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04) 4.8.4
* bbswitch-dkms (0.7-2ubuntu1)

When trying to install bbswitch-dkms the following error occurs:

Unpacking bbswitch-dkms (0.7-2ubuntu1) over (0.7-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up bbswitch-dkms (0.7-2ubuntu1) ...
Loading new bbswitch-0.7 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.19.0-42-generic
Building initial module for 3.19.0-42-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.19.0-42-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bbswitch/0.7/build/make.log for more information.

The content of make.log is:

DKMS make.log for bbswitch-0.7 for kernel 3.19.0-42-generic (x86_64)
lör 9 jan 2016 15:37:02 CET
make -C /lib/modules/3.19.0-42-generic/build M="$(pwd)" modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-42-generic'
arch/x86/Makefile:114: stack-protector enabled but compiler support broken
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bbswitch/0.7/build/bbswitch.o
/var/lib/dkms/bbswitch/0.7/build/bbswitch.c: In function ‘is_card_disabled’:
/var/lib/dkms/bbswitch/0.7/build/bbswitch.c:236:1: internal compiler error: Bus error
}
^

It seems this is the main problem:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-42-generic'
arch/x86/Makefile:114: stack-protector enabled but compiler support broken

The following log entries appear in syslog during installation and building bbswitch-dkms:

kernel: [ 235.068506] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
kernel: [ 235.071273] ata1.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
kernel: [ 235.074011] ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
kernel: [ 235.076740] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:a8:95:07/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 27 dma 4096 in
kernel: [ 235.076740] res 51/40:00:a8:95:07/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x9 (media error)
kernel: [ 235.082207] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
kernel: [ 235.084957] ata1.00: error: { UNC }
kernel: [ 235.119639] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
kernel: [ 235.119667] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
kernel: [ 235.119674] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [descriptor]
kernel: [ 235.119680] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error - auto reallocate failed
kernel: [ 235.119684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
kernel: [ 235.119687] Read(10): 28 00 00 07 95 a8 00 00 08 00
kernel: [ 235.119704] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 497064
kernel: [ 235.122090] ata1: EH complete

I have installed kernel-headers so all building packages should be installed.

Has anyone encountered this before or know of any solutions?

Thank you!

Revision history for this message

Peter Wu (lekensteyn) wrote on 2016-01-21:

Your disk seems broken. Have you checked the disk health?

smartctl -a /dev/sda

Changed in bbswitch (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

Revision history for this message

flojten (fderenius) wrote on 2016-01-21:

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I have run chkdisk as can be seen in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bbswitch/+question/280808.

There are some errors from smartctl, but I can't really tell if they are the cause of the kernel module problem.

Output from smartctl -a /dev/sda:

smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.19.0-43-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.5
Device Model: ST9750420AS
Serial Number: 5WS2N0W6
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 04447820c
Firmware Version: 0002SDM1
User Capacity: 750 156 374 016 bytes [750 GB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Thu Jan 21 19:31:36 2016 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
     was never started.
     Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
     without error or no self-test has ever
     been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
     Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
     Suspend Offline collection upon new
     command.
     No Offline surface scan supported.
     Self-test supported.
     Conveyance Self-test supported.
     Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
     power-saving mode.
     Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
     General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 149) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported.
     SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
     SCT Feature Control supported.
     SCT Data Table supported.

I have run chkdisk as can be seen in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bbswitch/+question/280808.

There are some errors from smartctl, but I can't really tell if they are the cause of the kernel module problem.

Output from smartctl -a /dev/sda:

smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.19.0-43-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 7200.5
Device Model:     ST9750420AS
Serial Number:    5WS2N0W6
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 04447820c
Firmware Version: 0002SDM1
User Capacity:    750 156 374 016 bytes [750 GB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is:    Thu Jan 21 19:31:36 2016 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					No Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 149) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x103f)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   094   092   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       173609489
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   097   097   085    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   093   093   020    Old_age   Always       -       7711
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   076   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       42050651
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   084   084   000    Old_age   Always       -       14382
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   098   098   020    Old_age   Always       -       2663
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age   Always       -       642
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       76
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   074   048   045    Old_age   Always       -       26 (Min/Max 23/26)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       112
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       6390
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   001   001   000    Old_age   Always       -       611529
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   026   052   000    Old_age   Always       -       26 (0 12 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   118   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       173609489
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   099   000    Old_age   Offline      -       8
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       191340793048532
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1154696376
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       84140169

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 642 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
	CR = Command Register [HEX]
	FR = Features Register [HEX]
	SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
	SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
	CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
	CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
	DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
	DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
	ER = Error register [HEX]
	ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 642 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14354 hours (598 days + 2 hours)
  When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.