Workaround for xtrx-dkms bug on 24.02.2 LTS Noble?

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New install of Xubuntu on a Toshiba laptop (not a virtual machine)
lsb_release -a = Ubuntu 24.02.2 LTS Noble
uname -a = Linux Xubuntu 6.11.0-21-generic #21~24.04.1-Ubuntu

The OS appeared to install properly but any software I install generates a variety of dkpg errors:
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.11.0-21-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/xtrx/0.0.1+git20190320.5ae3a3e-3.2ubuntu2/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.11.0-21-generic/x86_64 succeeded for broadcom-sta
dkms autoinstall on 6.11.0-21-generic/x86_64 failed for xtrx(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.

  • dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.11.0-21-generic
    ā€¦fail!
    run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11

/var/crash/xtrx-dkms.0.crash contains many errors such as:
'struct uart_stateā€™ has no member named ā€˜xmitā€™
implicit declaration of function ā€˜uart_circ_emptyā€™
invalid use of undefined type ā€˜struct circ_bufā€™

Even trying delete and reinstall xtrx-dkms creates the same errors.

After some research I think this is a knows bug:
xtrx-dkms fails to build on kernel 6.11.x

Although the bug status is ā€œconfirmedā€, I see it is still unassigned after some period of time.
So my question is how do I resolve this?
Do I have to wait until the bug is finally fixed?
Is there a workaround or alternate package to install?
Should I just wipe the disk and reinstall a previous version?
(But wouldnā€™t everyone else be having this same problem?)

Over the years Iā€™ve done many installations of Ubuntu (although mostly on virtual machines) and never had a problem. But Iā€™m not certain how to resolve this so any help or suggestions would be appreciated!

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Do you use SDR a lot or are developing it ?

If not, you could probably live without the XTRX driver until it is fixed and just run sudo apt purge xtrx-dkms and watch the bug so you know when you can use your SDR again ā€¦

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Thank you, thank you!!
Wow, that worked perfectly.

No, now that I understand what it does thereā€™s no need for xtrx-dkms. Iā€™m very familiar with SDR from my hobbies but this machine wonā€™t have any connection to those. However this machine does interface with other radios so perhaps it got installed as a dependency with some other some bundled software for applications Iā€™m not using.

I should have been able to figure this out, but Iā€™m puzzled as I thought I had tried removing xtrx-dkms. But I must have used apt remove because I donā€™t recall ever using apt purge. It looks like apt purge took it right out of the kernel(?) as well so it wonā€™t be included in other builds(?).

But whatever the case, that did the trick! Everything installs fine now without pages of dpkg errors from xtrx. Thanks again, very much appreciate your help!

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Great, apt remove leaves the configs and data around (so it is still there when you re-install a package), while purge makes sure to leave no trace behind ā€¦