[elrepo] wl-kmod error at installing

[S.Tindall]

On Sat, 2016-01-23 at 15:48 -0300, Diego Farias wrote:
> Hi Steve, I'm doing what you proposed and I just want to say that at
> 4) Install (new) kernel, everything is fine;
> 
> Installing : kernel-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
> 1/1 
> Error!  Build of psmouse.ko failed for: 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
> (x86_64)
> Consult the make.log in the build directory
> /var/lib/dkms/psmouse/alps-1.3/build/ for more information.
>   Verifying  : kernel-3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
> 1/1 
> 
> Installed:
>   kernel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-327.4.4.el7  
> 
> 
> About that psmouse, now I know why I don't have touchpad? (I don't
> know who I supossed to report this). I'll continue with the list and
> comment the installation of kmod-wl after
> rebooting.                    

Your system is apparently configured to build a mouse driver using dkms.
What surprises me is that your system is configured to use dkms at all.
There is nothing "wrong" with using dkms, but the preferred/modern
method for supplying a kernel module is via a kmod.

I wonder whether dkms built or is trying to build something for wl and
that is why you are getting an odd modprobe result.

Please list the output of:

 # ls /var/lib/dkms/
 dkms_dbversion

 # dkms status

 # find /usr/src -type f -name dkms.conf

Those are results from a system with freshly installed dkms.

I have not used dkms in at least 7 years and am rusty on its usage, so
others reading this tread should suggest anything else to check.

Steve

PS I have been unavailable for a few days due to the snow storm and its
aftermath in the Mid-Atlantic states/USA. Locally, we had over 24"/60cm
of snow to clean up. It has been a little busy here.