Re: Problem with kernel-package

2006-06-24 Thread Kit Peters
I have solved my problem.  I installed fakeroot, then modified ~/.kernel-pkg.conf to use it (1).  Kernel compiles successfully, and .debs are generated in the parent directory ("~/src" in my case.)  I installed the linux-image .deb on the target machine successfully as well. (1) I added a line: "ro

Re: Problem with kernel-package

2006-06-22 Thread James Westby
On (22/06/06 21:07), Kit Peters wrote: > On 6/22/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It is oft recommended to use fakeroot rather that a real root command > >for compiling. > Hm. I've never used fakeroot for anything. How would I compile a kernel in > fakeroot? aptitude install fakeroo

Re: Problem with kernel-package

2006-06-22 Thread Kit Peters
On 6/22/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have configured the kernel via menuconfig.  Kernel sources are at> $HOME/src/linux-2.6.17.1/.  I execute 'CC=gcc-4.1 make-kpkg --pgpsign> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> --rootcmd sudo --revision 1.0 --append-to-version "-pt5500" buildpackage'.It is oft r

Re: Problem with kernel-package

2006-06-22 Thread James Westby
On (22/06/06 20:42), Kit Peters wrote: > I'm trying to compile kernel 2.6.17.1 from the vanilla sources at > kernel.org. > As this kernel is for a specific machine, I want to append a note to the > kernel version to reflect that fact. Normally, I would do this from within > $KERNEL_SOURCE_DIR/.co