Failing to install Linux kernel v6.8-rc1

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I was trying to solve the issue mentioned here and here.

So i tried installing the kernel v6.8-rc1 instead of the one i currently have v6.7.1

I downloaded the deb packages:

Bash:
51153206 .rw-rw-r--      1 3.4M   6704 user user  22 Jan 07:42  linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb
51167171 .rw-rw-r--      1  13M  26208 user user  22 Jan 07:42  linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_all.deb
51167521 .rw-rw-r--      1  14M  28304 user user  22 Jan 07:43  linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb
51167154 .rw-rw-r--      1 176M 343096 user user  22 Jan 07:42  linux-modules-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb

And tried installing them. Getting this error, in the output of sudo dpkg -i *:

Code:
(Reading database ... 456164 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1 (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) over (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) over (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
Preparing to unpack linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) over (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic.postrm ... removing pending trigger
Preparing to unpack linux-modules-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic_6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-modules-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) over (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1 (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-060800rc1-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules......(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/535.146.02/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (--install):
 installed linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-modules-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
Setting up linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Processing triggers for linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-060800rc1-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/lib/modules/6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules......(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/535.146.02/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (--install):
 installed linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
 linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic

Any idea why i am getting this error ?



Another issue is when trying to remove v6.8-rc1 cuz it failed to install using sudo apt autoremove, i get this:

Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Setting up linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-060800rc1-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/l
ib/modules/6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules......(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/535.146.02/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; [ ! -h /usr/bin/cc ] && export CC=/usr/bin/gcc; env NV_VERBOSE=1 'make' -j16 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.0-060800rc1-generic IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 SYSSRC=/l
ib/modules/6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/build LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT= modules......(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/535.146.02/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic/x86_64 failed for nvidia(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
 * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
   ...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic (--configure):
 installed linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-headers-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
 linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

i think i have parts of v6.8-rc1 i cant remove:

dpkg --list 'linux-image-*'

Code:
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                         Version                      Architecture Description
+++-============================================-============================-============-======================================================
rc  linux-image-6.5.0-10-generic                 6.5.0-10.10                  amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-6.5.0-13-generic                 6.5.0-13.13                  amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-6.5.0-14-generic                 6.5.0-14.14                  amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-6.5.0-9-generic                  6.5.0-9.9                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
un  linux-image-6.7.0-060700-generic             <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-6.7.0-060700rc8-generic          <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-6.7.1-060701-generic             <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic          <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
ii  linux-image-generic                          6.5.0.14.16                  amd64        Generic Linux kernel image
un  linux-image-unsigned-6.5.0-10-generic        <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-unsigned-6.5.0-13-generic        <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-unsigned-6.5.0-14-generic        <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
un  linux-image-unsigned-6.5.0-9-generic         <none>                       <none>       (no description available)
ii  linux-image-unsigned-6.7.0-060700-generic    6.7.0-060700.202401072033    amd64        Linux kernel image for version 6.7.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-unsigned-6.7.0-060700rc8-generic 6.7.0-060700rc8.202312312132 amd64        Linux kernel image for version 6.7.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-unsigned-6.7.1-060701-generic    6.7.1-060701.202401201133    amd64        Linux kernel image for version 6.7.1 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iF  linux-image-unsigned-6.8.0-060800rc1-generic 6.8.0-060800rc1.202401212233 amd64        Linux kernel image for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP




System info inxi -Faz:

Code:
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.1-060701-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.7.1-060701-generic
    root=/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G614JU_G614JU v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G614JU v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: G614JU.321 date: 10/24/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 84.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 84.9/90.0 Wh (94.3%)
    volts: 17.4 min: 16.0 model: AS3GYFG3KC R220358 type: Unknown
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13980HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x11D
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 16 threads: 32 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 16x64 KiB
    L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 872 high: 1319 min/max: 800/5400:5600:4000 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 859 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 1093 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1025 10: 800 11: 1179 12: 800 13: 800
    14: 800 15: 966 16: 800 17: 800 18: 1319 19: 1149 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800
    23: 800 24: 1073 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800 29: 844 30: 800 31: 800
    32: 800 bogomips: 154828
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+ ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile]
    vendor: ASUSTeK GN21-X2 driver: nvidia v: 535.146.02
    alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
    process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022-23+ ports: active: none
    empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-3,eDP-2 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28e1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 322e:2122
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 98 s-size: 436x273mm (17.17x10.75")
    s-diag: 514mm (20.25")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: TL160ADMP03-0 built: 2022 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60
    dpi: 124 gamma: 1.2 size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 2560x1600
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics
    (RPL-S) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.1-060701-generic status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 0000:6c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp108s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
    driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev:
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 276.05 GiB (28.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V3MA003 temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 929.41 GiB size: 913.75 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 275.21 GiB (30.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 252:1
    mapped: vgkubuntu-root
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.67 GiB size: 1.61 GiB (96.26%)
    used: 815.8 MiB (49.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 43.2 MiB (8.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 252:2 mapped: vgkubuntu-swap_1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 100
Info:
  Processes: 534 Uptime: 3h 16m wakeups: 3 Memory: total: 24 GiB note: est.
  available: 23.09 GiB used: 6.14 GiB (26.6%) Init: systemd v: 253
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 12/13 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 3321 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3295
  libs: 2074 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude pm: flatpak pkgs: 20 pm: snap pkgs: 6
  Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.29
 
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I managed to sudo apt autoremove by removing other linux*6.8.0* packages. No problem now in removing broken or unfinished installation packages.
 

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