Bug#1116494: upgrade-reports: The upgrade to linux kernel 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 appears to be missing a patch for the Broadcom wirless.

Bud Pennington <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:17:46 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user.testing
Message-ID <8dd0f901-ca2d-4fca-943b-dcd53cb67af4__19543.0471490667$1759087165$gmane$org@shaw.ca>
Hi

That solved the problem

Bud

On 2025-09-28 11:30, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 11:03:50AM -0700, Bud Pennington wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've attached the information. I'm not certain what you mean by including
>> the log from before the update. I've been booting up by selecting 6.12.43.
>> I've included the results from booting up 6.12.43 and 6.12.48.
>>
>> There are two lines in the term.log which I think point to the problem
>>
>>> /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
>>> Automatic installation of modules for kernel 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 was
>>> skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel do not seem to be
>>> installed.
>> Checking the installed list the headers for 6.12.48 is not installed. I am
>> not certain what other packages are needed and what is needed to correct
>> this.
> So it looks you do not have linux-headers-amd64 package installed, the
> metapackage puling in the latest version of the headers in sync with
> the installed (metapackage) linux-image-amd64.
>
> Due to this the OOT module was built for 6.12.43 based version (for
> which you have the headers installed) but not for the 6.12.48 one.
>
> Install thus the linux-headers-amd64 package which should resolve your
> issue to get the OOT module built with dkms as well for 6.12.48.
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore