Uprade to kali 6.1.12-1kali2 failing due to wireless adapater

[asadz]

I'm working to upgrade to latest kali build but it seems the upgrade is breaking due to 3rd party modules used by DKMS( I believe).

Here is output of upgrade.




[sudo] password for asad:
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)
rtl8192eu/1.0, 5.16.0-kali7-amd64, x86_64: installed (original_module exists)
virtualbox/7.0.6, 5.16.0-kali7-amd64, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/7.0.6, 6.1.0-kali5-amd64, x86_64: installed



Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/kali/theme.txt
Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-kali5-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.16.0-kali7-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-kali7-amd64
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sdb1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
Setting up linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (6.1.12-1kali2) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-kali5-amd64:Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/etc/dkms/framework.conf)
Sign command: /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-6.1/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
'make' all KVER=6.1.0-kali5-amd64..........(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/build/make.log for more information.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64.postinst line 11.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (--configure):
installed linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (6.1.12-1kali2) ...
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-kali5-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-kali5-amd64:Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/etc/dkms/framework.conf)
Sign command: /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-6.1/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/source/dkms.conf)

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
'make' all KVER=6.1.0-kali5-amd64..........(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8192eu/1.0/build/make.log for more information.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-amd64:
linux-headers-amd64 depends on linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (= 6.1.12-1kali2); however:
Package linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 (= 6.1.12-1kali2); however:
Package linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-6.1.0-kali5-amd64
linux-image-6.1.0-kali5-amd64
linux-headers-amd64
linux-image-amd64
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have installed rtl8192eu using DKMS, perhaps it is not able to recognize the module/drivers used by DKMS.

[Fred Sheehan]

Remove the problem drivers before you try updating Kali!
DKMS if set up properly, will upgrade drivers when it upgrades kernel, if it fails, it means the DKMS set up is failing.
There is no 'easy fix' you will need to reconfigure the drivers yourself, so if you want the newer kernel, uninstall the problem drivers!

[Fred Sheehan]

You could try updating build dependencies;
sudo apt install build-essential

though from your output I don't think this will work, your still on kernel 5.16 so there have been 4 kernels since then.
dkms tends to work best when updating drivers a kernel version at a time, not jumping several, and I suspect this will be the problem.