DB9/Gamecon installation error

mitu

@luizoti said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

The error comes from:

Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

You have a custom kernel installed (4.9.26v7-aufs) and the installer thinks you're running in a chroot so it doesn't install the kernel sources and headers automatically. You need to install the corresponding linux-headers package for your kernel and try again.

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

@luizoti said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

The error comes from:

Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

You have a custom kernel installed (4.9.26v7-aufs) and the installer thinks you're running in a chroot so it doesn't install the kernel sources and headers automatically. You need to install the corresponding linux-headers package for your kernel and try again.

How do I do that?

mitu

@luizoti Why do you want the drivers installed ? Do you have the hardware/gameblock attached to your PI ?

luizoti

@mitu
I intend to use Genesis controls directly on the GPIO, I've already connected, to do the tests, but the drive does not install.

mitu

@luizoti Alright then, installing the kernel headers for your kernel can be done via apt-get or aptitude, from a command line on the Pi. Run

sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r`

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-uname -r

I tried the command that passed me and I got this error, Any idea?

pi @ retropie: ~ $ sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-4.9.26v7-aufs
Reading package lists ... Ready
Building dependency tree
Reading status information ... Ready
E: Unable to find package linux-headers-4.9.26v7-aufs
E: The package could not be found through the regular expression 'linux-headers-4.9.26v7-aufs'

mitu

@luizoti Seems similar to https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=131788. Update your kernel to the latest via

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

followed by a reboot. The previous commands will take some time, so you'll have to be patient. After rebooting, verify that your kernel is at version 4.9.35-v7+ with the command uname -r and install the kernel headers with

apt-get -y install raspberrypi-kernel-headers

If this works, re-run the RetroPie-Setup script again and try to install the drivers.

luizoti

@luizoti

It does not work, the command does not update the kernel. I had already tried installing the 4.9.35-v7 + kernel via .deb, but it did not work either.

mitu

@luizoti said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

I had already tried installing the 4.9.35-v7 + kernel via .deb, but it did not work either.

You shouldn't try installing .deb files directly. What happens if you try to run:

sudo apt-get -y install raspberrypi-kernel raspberrypi-kernel-headers

This should install

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

sudo apt-get -y install raspberrypi-kernel raspberrypi-kernel-headers

All installed.

Reading package lists ... Ready
Building dependency tree
Reading status information ... Ready
raspberrypi-kernel is already the newest version.
raspberrypi-kernel-headers is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 new packages installed, 0 to be removed and 0 not upgraded.

mitu

@luizoti what does

apt-cache show raspberrypi-kernel

output ?

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

output ?

Package: raspberrypi-kernel
Source: raspberrypi-firmware
Version: 1.20170703-1
Architecture: armhf
Maintainer: Serge Schneider serge@raspberrypi.org
Installed-Size: 110932
Breaks: raspberrypi-bootloader (<< 1.20160324-1)
Replaces: raspberrypi-bootloader (<< 1.20160324-1)
Provides: linux-image
Homepage: https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
Priority: extra
Section: kernel
Filename: pool/main/r/raspberrypi-firmware/raspberrypi-kernel_1.20170703-1_armhf.deb
Size: 31621828
SHA256: 2da176335d2760e452805f6f02b205b77e9a6427cdc4f0aeed82e8fcdff38035
SHA1: faa739c461cb038bd86102372a87683d0f9f9664
MD5sum: 06e80e9ebab01b7dffe1b4e6ea173978
Description: Raspberry Pi bootloader
This package contains the Raspberry Pi Linux kernel.
Description-md5: 7536ab227cf13dcddacdeb86a3d06624

mitu

@luizoti Looks right, except the kernel you're running is not the one in this package. Did you manually install another kernel over the distro-provided kernel ?

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

Did you manually install another kernel over the distro-provided kernel ?

I would not know how to do it, if I did it, I did not mean to.

Would rpi-update have the ability to install another kernel?

mitu

@luizoti Ok

@luizoti said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

I would not know how to do it, if I did it, I did not mean to.

OK, so reading more - the mismatch is because of the Berryboot env. It boots with the Berryboot kernel and not with the Raspbian kernel (the one included in the raspberrypi-kernel), hence the problem.
I also found https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1428. As said in the issue, one solution is to use the RetroPie image instead of the Berryboot one.

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

As said in the issue, one solution is to use the RetroPie image instead of the Berryboot one.

The solution is not to use Berryboot?

Do you know a way to convert a berryboot image to normal SD?

mitu

@luizoti said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

Do you know a way to convert a berryboot image to normal SD?

I don't, didn't work with Berryboot, only normal images.

luizoti

@mitu said in DB9/Gamecon installation error:

I don't, didn't work with Berryboot, only normal images.

Thanks for the help, I'll look for a way to convert an image.