Lenovo X1 Gen13 - Ubuntu 25.10 Kernel headers missing

[Andreas Bulling]

"Problem in linux-image-6.17.0-1012-oem

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>Timo Aaltonen <timo.aaltonen at canonical.com> [31 Mar 2026 19:23]:
>
>We have a bugtracker for a reason..
>
>Run 'ubuntu-bug linux', which will collect information for a bugreport.
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>Andreas Bulling kirjoitti 31.3.2026 klo 18.57:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I understand that you probably cannot answer to every single request - 
>>on the other hand there is a mailing list for a reason... So I hope 
>>that maybe I can still get some help with this as this problem has 
>>been really annoying and I cannot use my laptop on Ubuntu to its full 
>>potential.
>>
>>Even after trying for several days now I cannot get the displaylink 
>>driver to work. The reason is that I don't have the kernel headers 
>>for the mentioned kernel.
>>
>>I got to the point where I could at least compile the kernel module 
>>(by "creating" the expected header directory i.e. symlinking it to 
>>the generic 6.17 kernel headers) but then there is a mismatch when I 
>>try to load the module into the kernel (not completely 
>>unexpectedly).
>>
>>As far as I understand, the 1012-oem kernel is hosted in the 
>>official Lenovo archive for Ubuntu (sutton-dacia on 
>>lenovo.archive.canonical.com) so shouldn't it be possible to install 
>>the official displaylink-driver? But how am I supposed to do that if 
>>the headers are missing and the driver therefore cannot be compiled 
>>for this kernel?
>>
>>Thanks a lot in advance
>>
>>Andreas
>>
>>>Andreas Bulling <abu.2026 at posteo.de> [27 Mar 2026 13:14]:
>>>Hi Timo,
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot for your reply.
>>>
>>>I am pretty sure it came preinstalled with 25.10 - I didn't do a 
>>>dist- ugprade or anything. I also didn't fiddle around with the 
>>>kernel so far...
>>>
>>>I followed the instructions on the synaptics website (adding the 
>>>apt repository):
>>>
>>>https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/ubuntu
>>>
>>>But I see the following error:
>>>
>>>---
>>>
>>>root at laptop:/home/andreas# apt install displaylink-driver
>>>Installing:
>>> displaylink-driver
>>>
>>>Installing dependencies:
>>> dkms  evdi
>>>
>>>Suggested packages:
>>> xmlstarlet  menu
>>>
>>>Summary:
>>> Upgrading: 0, Installing: 3, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
>>> Download size: 0 B / 7,128 kB
>>> Space needed: 245 kB / 614 GB available
>>>
>>>Continue? [Y/n] Y
>>>Selecting previously unselected package dkms.
>>>(Reading database ... 315615 files and directories currently installed.)
>>>Preparing to unpack .../dkms_3.2.0-1ubuntu1_all.deb ...
>>>Unpacking dkms (3.2.0-1ubuntu1) ...
>>>Selecting previously unselected package evdi.
>>>Preparing to unpack .../evdi_1.14.15-181_amd64.deb ...
>>>Unpacking evdi (1.14.15-181) ...
>>>Selecting previously unselected package displaylink-driver.
>>>Preparing to unpack .../displaylink-driver_6.2.0-30_amd64.deb ...
>>>Unpacking displaylink-driver (6.2.0-30) ...
>>>Setting up dkms (3.2.0-1ubuntu1) ...
>>>Setting up evdi (1.14.15-181) ...
>>>Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.14.15/source -> /usr/src/ 
>>>evdi-1.14.15
>>>
>>>
>>>Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 6.17.0-1012-oem cannot be 
>>>found at /lib/modules/6.17.0-1012-oem/build or 
>>>/lib/modules/6.17.0-1012-oem/ source.
>>>Please install the linux-headers-6.17.0-1012-oem package or use 
>>>the -- kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
>>>dpkg: error processing package evdi (--configure):
>>>installed evdi package post-installation script subprocess 
>>>returned error exit status 21
>>>dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of displaylink-driver:
>>>displaylink-driver depends on evdi (>= 1.12.0) | evdi-dkms (>= 
>>>1.12.0); however:
>>> Package evdi is not configured yet.
>>> Package evdi-dkms is not installed.
>>> Package evdi which provides evdi-dkms is not configured yet.
>>>displaylink-driver depends on evdi (>= 1.12.0) | libevdi1 (>= 
>>>1.12.0); however:
>>> Package evdi is not configured yet.
>>> Package libevdi1 is not installed.
>>> Package evdi which provides libevdi1 is not configured yet.
>>>
>>>dpkg: error processing package displaylink-driver (--configure):
>>>dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>>>No apport report written because the error message indicates its a 
>>>followup error from a previous failure.
>>>                                                                                                         Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ...
>>>Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>evdi
>>>displaylink-driver
>>>Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>>
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>-- 
>Timo Aaltonen
>Kernel Team
>Canonical Ltd.

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