On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:35:21 -0500 (EST), Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have been trying to get to grips with compiling a custom kernel. I have > been shying away for too long. > > I am following Stephen's marvellous work, and had got this far: > > http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm#Unpack > > But I get errors the end of which is below. I tried to copy and paste all > the > error reports that Konsole gave me, but could not manage it. Advice, please! > > Thanks, > Lisi > > ...
Hi, Lisi. My guess is that this is a permissions issue. Is your id a member of group src? (Issue the "groups" command and see if src is one of the groups listed in the output of the command.) Here is a summary of the permission environment that must exist before you attempt to unpack the source as a non-root user: (1) The directory /usr/src must be owned by user root and by group src. (2) The group (src) must have read, write, and execute permissions on /usr/src. (3) The group (src) must have the "set group id" permission on /usr/src. (4) Your non-root userid must be a member of group src. (5) The output of the "groups" command, when issued by your non-root userid, must list "src" as one of the groups. Please review the "Introduction" section of the document. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/375643185.1015443.1352557917697.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com