Auto Dkms after Kernel update

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Hi, i’ve installed Dkms for my dvb modules, this part works.
But how to update the dkms modules automaticly by kernel updates, seems It did not work…
After each update, I have to do an sudo dkms autoinstall.

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Did you check that dkms.service is running?
Additionally there is this one:
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194723

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Yes, service was installed but not enabled. Waiting next kernel to see effect.

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Tip:
If you use the /update directory in the Kernel tree for your newly build modules, the modules inside will be copied/linked on next Kernel-update automatically to the weaak-updates directory of the kernel.
f.e.

ls -al /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/
insgesamt 167184
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 16. Jul 20:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     4096 16. Jul 20:44 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6715701 16. Jul 20:44 nvidia-drm.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79953397 16. Jul 20:44 nvidia.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2774237 16. Jul 20:44 nvidia-modeset.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   515133 16. Jul 20:44 nvidia-peermem.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79260565 16. Jul 20:44 nvidia-uvm.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   662368  5. Jul 18:30 r8152.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1287180 12. Jun 21:02 r8168.ko.xz


ls -al /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.23.14-default/weak-updates/updates/
insgesamt 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 24. Jul 10:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 24. Jul 10:11 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   58 24. Jul 10:11 nvidia-drm.ko -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/nvidia-drm.ko
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   54 24. Jul 10:11 nvidia.ko -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/nvidia.ko
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   62 24. Jul 10:11 nvidia-modeset.ko -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/nvidia-modeset.ko
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   58 24. Jul 10:11 nvidia-uvm.ko -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/nvidia-uvm.ko
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   56 24. Jul 10:11 r8152.ko.xz -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/r8152.ko.xz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   56 24. Jul 10:11 r8168.ko.xz -> /lib/modules/6.4.0-150600.21-default/updates/r8168.ko.xz

This is how the nvidia driver from the Repo is working, no need of dkms

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Updated the machine today.
With dkms enabled, it’s working but is not optimum.
It rebuilds the modules after reboot and after loading old modules, so a new reboot is necessary.

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