DKMS vs. Reinstalling Parallels Tools

Discussion in 'Linux Virtual Machine' started by HenkK, May 5, 2010.

  1. HenkK

    HenkK Junior Member

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    Something strange going on in latest Ubuntu 10.04: just upgraded to the 2.6.32-22 kernel and expected the four Parallels Tools modules to be automatically recompiled via DKMS, but /lib/modules/2.6.32-22.../updates/dkms/ only shows three of these modules -- prl_fs_freeze.ko is missing and is not loaded either.

    However, when I reinstall Parallels Tools, all four modules are present in /lib/modules/2.6.32-22.../extra and all four modules are loaded after a reboot. Strangely enough, the three modules in updates/dkms are also updated with the recompiled ones (same time stamp as the ones in extra/).

    Why is prl_fs_freeze.ko excluded from DKMS? What does it do, anyway?
     

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