On a fully-updated Karmic I had the same problem while installing a custom kernel compiled with make-kpkg. Installing this package solved the problem:
http://linux.dell.com/dkms/permalink/dkms_2.1.1.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Hope this will help those who cannot upgrade to (still unstable) Lucid.
On a fully-updated Karmic I had the same problem while installing a custom kernel compiled with make-kpkg.
Installing this package solved the problem:
http:// linux.dell. com/dkms/ permalink/ dkms_2. 1.1.2-0ubuntu1_ all.deb
Hope this will help those who cannot upgrade to (still unstable) Lucid.