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On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 15:35:35 +0100, Emmanuele Massimi wrote: > Hi all, > I've been browsing around, but I couldn't find anything related to this. > I have been trying to install the wacom-kernel-source package on Etch, but > it fails with the following error: > > Setting up wacom-kernel-source (0.7.4.1-5) ... >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/wacom-kernel-source.postinst: line 49: [: too many >> arguments >> Warning: kernel headers don't match running Linux version. >> Building wacom modules for Linux _CODE 13262 (this may take a few >> minutes)...dpkg: error processing wacom-kernel-source (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> wacom-kernel-source >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> > > > I firstly thought there was an issue with my kernel headers, but I noticed > I > had the correct ones installed, and then noticed that the actual error was > in /var/lib/dpkg/info/wacom-kernel-source.postinst: line 49. > > Now I am not so experienced, and I don't know exactly what to do, I don't > even know whether this is a bug. I am also very puzzled by the contents of > line 49: > > [ $kvers = `uname -r` ] || echo "Warning: kernel headers don't match running > $kernel version." > > which seems to output of the warning message I get during the installation. > > Thanks a lot for your time. You are not the only one with this issue: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418008 I think the problem is caused by line 48: kvers="`head -n 1 $ksrc/include/linux/version.h | cut -c 22- | rev | cut -c 2- | rev`" Up to kernel 2.6.17 the first line of $ksrc/include/linux/version.h used to be (for my self-compiled kernel): #define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.17-flo" Now this information seems to have been shifted to the file utsrelease.h. This means that the command from line 48 now sets $kvers to "_CODE 13262" (or some other number) and this of course fails the version comparison and furthermore causes an error because it contains whitespace. (It would be better to enclose "$kvers" in quotes in the test condition, I guess.) I would try to change line 48 to: kvers="`head -n 1 $ksrc/include/linux/utsrelease.h | cut -c 22- | rev | cut -c 2- | rev`" ^^^^^^^^^^^^ and run "dpkg-reconfigure wacom-kernel-source" again. If this works then we should submit a patch to the bug tracking system, so please report back here how it goes. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]