make-kpkg revision rules not following documentaton, confusing error messages

2015-05-02 Thread Insidious
I was attempting to compile my own kernel as a debian package, following these directions: https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/i386/ch08s06.html.en When I got to the point where it has you run make-kpkg itself, where it suggests the following command: # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd

Re: override kernel version with make-kpkg

2013-12-13 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:36:02 -0500 (EST), Michael Gulick wrote: > > I think my only option if I want automatic upgrades is to keep the > abiname constant. I'm assuming (and I'm not sure whether this > assumption is correct) that all the third party modules (primarily > nvidia drivers and vmwar

Re: override kernel version with make-kpkg

2013-12-10 Thread Michael Gulick
On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:13:32 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: If you want to do this, you won't be able to use make-kpkg. You will need to do something like make a modified version of the Debian source package, linux, and build it with dpkg-buildpackage. But you want to use upstream so

Re: override kernel version with make-kpkg

2013-12-09 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:39:29 -0500 (EST), Michael Gulick wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions > generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in > VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremente

Re: override kernel version with make-kpkg

2013-12-09 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Michael Gulick wrote: > > I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions > generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in > VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremented when there are stable >

override kernel version with make-kpkg

2013-12-09 Thread Michael Gulick
Hi, I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremented when there are stable updates for a kernel release, is used to generate the package name.

Re: make-kpkg doesn't work properly when compiling i386 kernel on amd64 host

2013-04-17 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
ksyms are build as amd64 format. >I notice that Linux Makefile mentions an environment variable named HOSTCC. >I tried to set the variable, but it still failed because of linker issue. > >Can make-kpkg do this job correctly? What extra parameter I should add? Yes, you can do this. 1. a

Re: make-kpkg doesn't work properly when compiling i386 kernel on amd64 host

2013-04-17 Thread Linux-Fan
. It can build > the kernel itself correctly, but the problem is script tools such as > genksyms are build as amd64 format. > I notice that Linux Makefile mentions an environment variable named HOSTCC. > I tried to set the variable, but it still failed because of linker issue. > >

make-kpkg doesn't work properly when compiling i386 kernel on amd64 host

2013-04-17 Thread 曹思亮
Makefile mentions an environment variable named HOSTCC. I tried to set the variable, but it still failed because of linker issue. Can make-kpkg do this job correctly? What extra parameter I should add?

Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-29 Thread Panayiotis
On 3/28/12, Stephen Powell wrote: > (I.e. is this a bug or a feature?) Haha, indeed! It seems M$ is haunting us, haha... Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
the internal kernel version, and the package version always did too. There were different suffices, but the basic version (x.y.z, for example, 2.6.32), was always consistent. This is no longer the case. As further clarification, make-kpkg uses the internal version in it's package name, and th

Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
), the version in the name of the package and the debian package version are often different! Regards, Panayiotis On 03/27/2012 02:05 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:49:58 -0400 (EDT), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the

Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:49:58 -0400 (EDT), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the versions for the > packages it creates. Each package has a name(a), which contains a > version part(a1), as well as a version(b), which is further split i

Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the versions for the packages it creates. Each package has a name(a), which contains a version part(a1), as well as a version(b), which is further split in upstream version(b1) and Debian revision(b2), right? Assuming this, I'll ask my que

make-kpkg not including postinst-scripts

2011-11-16 Thread Christoph Paasch
Hello, I try to compile a custom kernel in my home-directory with make-kpkg to create a .deb-package. Unfortunately, when installing this debian-package, apt-get complains about a wrong symlink: Hmm. There is a symbolic link /lib/modules/3.0.9.mptcp+/build However, I can not read it: No such

RE: make-kpkg (from kernel-package) does not build xen patched kernel

2010-09-17 Thread Mike Viau
Going to try a make-file patch when I get some time. The patch was offered from a user on the Xen-user mailing list. [1] http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2010-09/msg00396.html -M > Subject: make-kpkg (from kernel-package) does not bu

make-kpkg (from kernel-package) does not build xen patched kernel

2010-09-14 Thread Mike Viau
Hello list, I cannot get make-kpkg to build a Xenlinux type kernel into a Debian kernel binary on my Debian Squeeze x86_64 system. I am using GNU/Linux kernel sources tree (2.6.34.4) with Xen patches for this custom kernel. I am trying to use the make-kpkg command to build a working linux

Re: make-kpkg fails writing to weird directories on dual or multi core processors

2010-05-27 Thread Robert Key
Hi Here it fails again. this is version 12.033 instead of 12.032 I downloaded kernel--package-12.033.tar.gz invoke like this CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3 make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version dickhead1.0 kernel_image kernel_headers All done in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32. I am running kernel

make-kpkg fails writing to weird directories on dual or multi core processors

2010-05-27 Thread Robert Key
Hi I have using make-kpkg successfully on my amd64 dual core system until about a month ago. I did the following: installed debian testing amd64 apt-get install kernel-package make g++ gcc build-essentail libncurses5-dev linux-source-2.6.32 and any other files I needed to build a kernel I

Re: make-kpkg fails writing to weird directories on dual or multi core processors

2010-05-27 Thread formind22
Hi Rob, > WARNING: Couldn't open directory /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26/debian/linux-image-/lib/modules/2.6.32-live1.0: No such file or directory FATAL: Could not open /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26/debian/linux-image-/lib/modules/2.6.32-live1.0/modules.dep.temp for writing: No such file or directo

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Mart Frauenlob writes: >You want to see the output of the build, but the clean process is too >much? The build output will be multiple times greater anyways. This is >not a problem over the slow link? Ok. It looks like you haven't run the latest make-kpkg. I just did a rebuild

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Manoj Srivastava writes: >On Wed, Apr 07 2010, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking >> files in debian/... >Please f

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Apr 08 2010, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > Does v.12.033 always run a 'clean' first? Yes. > Mine with lenny v.11.015 does not. That is one major version ago. Things changed a lot witht he new major version. manoj -- mophobia, n.: Fear of being verbally abused by a

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 12:12, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Mart Frauenlob writes: > >> On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >>> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >>> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of l

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Mart Frauenlob writes: >On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When >> I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking >> files in debian/... On a slow link, thi

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-08 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 08.04.2010 01:59, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When > I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking > files in debian/... On a slow link, this is very annoying (if I forget > to run sc

Re: Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Apr 07 2010, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When > I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking > files in debian/... On a slow link, this is very annoying (if I forget > to run s

Making make-kpkg quieter

2010-04-07 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Is there any way to make make-kpkg (kernel-package 12.033) quieter? When I run a "make-kpkg clean" it spits out lots of lines about unlinking files in debian/... On a slow link, this is very annoying (if I forget to run screen) I have RTFM but I cannot see anything about making make

Re: Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

2010-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
debian/contol and debian/Control > > Both of these files are rewritten when I do a `fakeroot debian/rules > binary` to build the kernel. ,[ Manual page make-kpkg(1) line 145 ] | --overlay-dir /path/to/directory |The specified directory should contain files that will be placed |

Re: Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

2010-02-16 Thread Ulrich Zehl
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 03:17:20PM -0500, Cliff Flood wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 02:36:37PM -0500, Cliff Flood wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm having some problems with building ker

Re: Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

2010-02-16 Thread Cliff Flood
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 02:36:37PM -0500, Cliff Flood wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm having some problems with building kernel image packages using >> `make-kpkg` >> >> I'm trying to build

Re: Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

2010-02-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 02:36:37PM -0500, Cliff Flood wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having some problems with building kernel image packages using `make-kpkg` > > I'm trying to build a package with a custom dependency and have tried > editing the control files generated by m

Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

2010-02-12 Thread Cliff Flood
Hi, I'm having some problems with building kernel image packages using `make-kpkg` I'm trying to build a package with a custom dependency and have tried editing the control files generated by make-kpkg but find that these changes don't make it into the produced package. So let

etch Something is missing when Building Kernel with make-kpkg

2009-05-02 Thread Martin McCormick
The command is make-kpkg buildpackage. So far, it has never worked under etch. The build starts out but fails after about a minute: CHK include/linux/compile.h /home/martin/linux-2.6.29/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open 'y' make[3]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Erro

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-12 Thread Stefan Goebel
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09 2008, Stefan Goebel wrote: > >> Manoj, should I file a bug report for this or is there something else I >> can try first? > > Thankd for the bug-report and patch; it is always appropriate to > file a bug on kernel-package when you are experiencing

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Dec 09 2008, Stefan Goebel wrote: > Manoj, should I file a bug report for this or is there something else I > can try first? Thankd for the bug-report and patch; it is always appropriate to file a bug on kernel-package when you are experiencing difficulties. At worst, you'll be

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 01:53:58PM +0100, Stefan Goebel wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to build a custom Xen (DomU for now) kernel using the Debian > sources (i.e. linux-source-2.6.26 (2.6.26-11) with Debian's Xen patches > from linux-patch-debian-2.6.26 (2.6.26-11)) and kernel-package (11.015), > on

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread Stefan Goebel
-debian-2.6.26 (2.6.26-11)) and kernel-package (11.015), >> on an i386 system running Lenny. >> >> Applying the Xen patches with "../kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian >> -a i386 -f xen" works, running "make-kpkg --revision='1.0' >> --append-

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
015), > on an i386 system running Lenny. > > Applying the Xen patches with "../kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian > -a i386 -f xen" works, running "make-kpkg --revision='1.0' > --append-to-version='-foo' kernel_image" does not work, appar

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread Stefan Goebel
François Cerbelle wrote: > Le Mar 9 décembre 2008 13:53, Stefan Goebel a écrit : >> Applying the Xen patches with "../kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian >> -a i386 -f xen" works, running "make-kpkg --revision='1.0' >> --append-to-version='-foo

Re: Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Mar 9 décembre 2008 13:53, Stefan Goebel a écrit : > Applying the Xen patches with "../kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian > -a i386 -f xen" works, running "make-kpkg --revision='1.0' > --append-to-version='-foo' kernel_image" does not work,

Xen kernel and make-kpkg

2008-12-09 Thread Stefan Goebel
"../kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian -a i386 -f xen" works, running "make-kpkg --revision='1.0' --append-to-version='-foo' kernel_image" does not work, apparently make-kpkg tries to run "make bzImage" on the kernel sources and there is "N

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
etc. saved as .config) > kernel source# fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image > kernel source# dpkg -i /home/user/src/linux-image-2.6.27_custom.1.0_amd64.deb > kernel source# mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27 2.6.27 That last should not be required if you h

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Lachlan
t;> The kernel compiles correctly using the usual toolchain provided with >> the sources but fails on the packaging part using make-kpkg. >> >> The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with >> debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory >> The exact comma

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Oct 12 2008, Adrian Levi wrote: > I have since tried compiling the kernel in a clean lenny debootstrap > chroot sucessfully. > Strangely is was called, > linux-xenu-2.6.27_2.6.27-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb > > But it boots and works, must be a version incompatibility somewhere, I > still have

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the sources but fails on the packaging part using make-kpkg. > > The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with > debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory > The exact command line I'm using at the top level linux-2.6.27 direcory is: > fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd -

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Adrian Levi
2008/10/12 thveillon.debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adrian Levi a écrit : > >> I have since tried compiling the kernel in a clean lenny debootstrap >> chroot sucessfully. >> Strangely is was called, >> linux-xenu-2.6.27_2.6.27-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb >> > Maybe you enabled xen support in the config :

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread thveillon.debian
Adrian Levi a écrit : I have since tried compiling the kernel in a clean lenny debootstrap chroot sucessfully. Strangely is was called, linux-xenu-2.6.27_2.6.27-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb Maybe you enabled xen support in the config : CONFIG_XEN But it boots and works, must be a version incompati

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Adrian Levi
2008/10/12 thveillon.debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've used Lenny default for the kernel I'm currently running > (11.001-something I think), and then tried 11.007 from Sid with good > results. > The .config is from my previously home-rolled 2.6.26-6, gcc is Lenny 4.3.2, > config is nothing fancy,

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread thveillon.debian
Adrian Levi a écrit : But you ended up with a .deb package at the end, Mine is failing before creating the package. My installed kernel-package version is 11.007 what was yours? What did you use for a .config file? Mine is from linux-image-2.6.26 in lenny, answered the few new questions and wen

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Adrian Levi
with Sid newly revised kernel-package for testing (aka > "fun" !) purpose, the compilation went smoothly, including creation of > kernel-headers, but I didn't actually try the resulting kernel yet. > > I'm on Lenny amd64. > > Basically command is : > > ma

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread thveillon.debian
using make-kpkg. The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory The exact command line I'm using at the top level linux-2.6.27 direcory is: fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --arch amd64 kernel_image have tried to compile this in etch and lenny wi

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Sven Joachim
gt; the sources but fails on the packaging part using make-kpkg. Have you tried kernel-package 11.007 from sid? > The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with > debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory > The exact command line I'm using at the top level linux-2.6.27

Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
on the packaging part using make-kpkg. > > The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with > debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory > The exact command line I'm using at the top level linux-2.6.27 direcory is: > fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --arch amd64 kernel_image &

Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

2008-10-12 Thread Adrian Levi
I'm having troubles compiling a vanilla 2.6.27 kernel using kernel-package. Looks like there is a new iwl4965 driver and I'd like to try it out. The kernel compiles correctly using the usual toolchain provided with the sources but fails on the packaging part using make-kpkg. The compi

Re: Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-09-20 Thread Yan Li
>> setarch i386 make-kpkg --initrd --arch=i386 --revision $revision >> binary > Thanks for that info, Steve. However I still cannot get it to work. Try this: DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 make-kpkg --arch i386 --cross_compile - \ --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd --append-to-version mytest ker

Re: Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-07-13 Thread Cameron Hutchison
gt; package, so I cannot install it on an i386 arch. > I use this: > setarch i386 make-kpkg --initrd --arch=i386 --revision $revision binary Thanks for that info, Steve. However I still cannot get it to work. When I run make-kpkg with the --arch parameter, it seems to always try to use

Re: Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-07-12 Thread Steve Kemp
is: setarch i386 make-kpkg --initrd --arch=i386 --revision $revision binary That correctly builds an i386 package even on my AMD64 machines. (Note setarch doesn't seem to be available in the util-linux package for Etch, so you need to backport it.) I hope that helps. Steve --

Re: Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-07-11 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>I am trying to build a kernel for my i386 box on my amd64 host. I want >>to do this because the amd64 box build at least 10 times faster than the >>target box. >>I

Re: Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-07-11 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I am trying to build a kernel for my i386 box on my amd64 host. I want >to do this because the amd64 box build at least 10 times faster than the >target box. >I am using make-kpkg to build the kernel package. I am having the

Building an i386 kernel on amd64 host with make-kpkg

2008-07-11 Thread Cameron Hutchison
I am trying to build a kernel for my i386 box on my amd64 host. I want to do this because the amd64 box build at least 10 times faster than the target box. I am using make-kpkg to build the kernel package. I am having the following problem: $ make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --arch i386 kernel_image

Re: make-kpkg failure - UTS release version problem

2008-05-08 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:55:22AM -0700, Bill wrote: > Should there be a include/linux/version.h file in the > 2.6.25 directory? if you follow the documentation of kernel-package then make-kpkg will create it. If no commands were executed in the 2.6.25 directory tree after creating

Re: make-kpkg failure - UTS release version problem

2008-05-08 Thread Bill
On Thu, 2008-08-05 at 06:44 +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 03:05:37PM -0700, Bill wrote: > > The UTS Release version in include/linux/version.h > > "" > > does not match current version: > > "2.6.25" > > Please correct this. > > > Any pointers here would

Re: make-kpkg failure - UTS release version problem

2008-05-07 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 03:05:37PM -0700, Bill wrote: > The UTS Release version in include/linux/version.h > "" > does not match current version: > "2.6.25" > Please correct this. > Any pointers here would be helpful. It might be a faq about kernel-package, and its documentation in /u

make-kpkg failure - UTS release version problem

2008-05-07 Thread Bill
Hi folks, I'm trying to compile 2.6.25 using fakeroot make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg modules-clean The second command terminates with an error as follows: echo "The UTS Release version in include/linux/version.h"; echo " \"\" "; echo "does not matc

custom kernel and make kpkg modules_image

2008-04-25 Thread Damon L. Chesser
I made a custom kernel: make kpkg --revision=.custom.10 --append-to-version=.cybo.1 --initrd kernel_image this issued in: linux-image-2.6.25.cybo.1_custom.1.0_amd64.deb I installed this and wanted to make nvidia modules for it: make-kpkg modules_image This issued an error: (para phrased

make-kpkg fails when kernel distclean clobbers ./debian

2007-06-05 Thread Enrique Perez-Terron
I have recently switched to debian, and I am trying to learn to compile kernels the debian way. I need a patch and an external module, so I am trying the following script: M="make-kpkg \ --us --uc --initrd \ --append-to-version q4 \ --stem linux \ --added-modules ma

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-17 20:11:57, schrieb dranger003: > > Indeed it was the debug causing the issue. After disabling all DEBUG lines > in the .config the kernel is now of the correct size. :-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian G

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-17 Thread dranger003
Indeed it was the debug causing the issue. After disabling all DEBUG lines in the .config the kernel is now of the correct size. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-16 Thread dranger003
I have exactly the same problem. Also running Feisty. I used the following to compile the kernel: sudo make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-1-Custom kernel_image kernel_headers My /lib/modules/$(uname -r) folder is huge as well. All the modules have bigger than normal sizes - every

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-06 22:04:59, schrieb Matt Price: > this? the vmlinuz produced by the package is of normal size, but the > initrd is huge -- 43 megs! -- and /lib/modules/kernel-version-number/ is > on the order of 530 megs!!! Sorry, but with the infos you have provided I can not help you. Please, c

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-07 Thread Raffaele Morelli
hi obviously a half-gig-sized kernel package is not optimal, i'd very much like to figure out what's going on here... also i should say that the after the build process, the source directory becomes enormous -- 2.7 gigs with ubuntu's 2.6.20 as opposed to a more restrained 700megs back in the ol

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-06 Thread Matt Price
i, i'm having a problem using make-kpkg to build kernel packages on my laptop, which runs ubuntu feisty and currently has make-kpkg version 10.065ubuntu4. this happens with upstream, debian, and ubuntu sources, as far as I can tell, but most of my experimentation has been with ubuntu&#x

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 10:51:13AM -0700, jdaues wrote: > Just curious: > > > >If you're using a stock debian kernel, why not use the pre-packaged > >nvidia drivers? > > > >Get X working with the nv driver and save that xorg.conf as > >xorg.conf.nv. > > > >Then install the nvidia drivers and run

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread jdaues
I'm now sure I know enough to answer your question. I'm *NOT* sure I know enough -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread jdaues
I'm now sure I know enough to answer your question. I first attempted to use NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746-pkg1.run from here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-9746.html but my graphics card is too old. Anyways, it is now working at 1024x768. I thinks its capable of more, though.

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread Douglas Tutty
e point of this command: > make-kpkg modules_image Just curious: If you're using a stock debian kernel, why not use the pre-packaged nvidia drivers? Get X working with the nv driver and save that xorg.conf as xorg.conf.nv. Then install the nvidia drivers and run the nvidia-xconfig script t

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread jdaues
/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation_through_APT I get to the point of this command: make-kpkg modules_image and i get this message: The modules_* targets should be called from a fully configured source tree, and one where at least the make-kpkg debian has been run. What do I do? Use

Re: error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread Wackojacko
jdaues wrote: I am following instructions for Debian NVIDIA proprietary display driver installation through APT here: http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation_through_APT I get to the point of this command: make-kpkg modules_image and i get this

error using make-kpkg

2007-01-11 Thread jdaues
I am following instructions for Debian NVIDIA proprietary display driver installation through APT here: http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation_through_APT I get to the point of this command: make-kpkg modules_image and i get this message: The modules_

Re: mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-05 Thread Matt Miller
> > If I exclude [loadable module support] then mkinitramfs-kpkg fails, > > and if I include it then mkinitramfs-kpkg succeeds. > > If you don't need loadable modules, then ... you don't need an init* > because all the stuff you need is already in the kernel.

Re: mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:33:20PM +0100, Matt Miller wrote: > > Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. > > mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image. > > ... > > I'm guessing that I'm missing something else in > > menuconfig. > >

Re: mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Miller
> Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. > mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image. > ... > I'm guessing that I'm missing something else in > menuconfig. Loadable module support. If I exclude it then mkinitramfs-kpkg fails, and if I include it then mkinitr

Re: mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Miller
> > Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. > > mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image. > > there is an initrd support option in menuconfig I think I selected the necessary options: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18$ grep -i ram .config CONFI

Re: mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:35:02PM +0100, Matt Miller wrote: > Under etch I'm trying to use "dpkg -i" to install a .deb I built using > make-kpkg. I'm passing "--initrd" to make-kpkg, since I'm booting > off a software RAID device. I've done thi

mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Miller
Under etch I'm trying to use "dpkg -i" to install a .deb I built using make-kpkg. I'm passing "--initrd" to make-kpkg, since I'm booting off a software RAID device. I've done this before on this same machine without a problem, but this one is giving me:

Re: make-kpkg fails with "compatibility" errors

2006-11-28 Thread Matt Price
On 11/27/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Price wrote: > On a mixed sid/ubuntu-edgy system !!! > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm line 655. > dh_gencontrol: Compatibility levels before 4 are deprecated. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at > /usr/share/perl5/Debi

Re: make-kpkg fails with "compatibility" errors

2006-11-27 Thread Joey Hess
Matt Price wrote: > On a mixed sid/ubuntu-edgy system !!! > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm line 655. > dh_gencontrol: Compatibility levels before 4 are deprecated. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm line 655. > dpkg-gencontrol:

make-kpkg fails with "compatibility" errors

2006-11-27 Thread Matt Price
Hi, On a mixed sid/ubuntu-edgy system I am having errors building the ubuntu kernels from source. The kernel compile seems to go fine but there are issues with make-kpkg and dh_* along these lines: $ sudo make-kpkg --append-to-version=-suspend2 --initrd kernel-image ---[snip

Re: make-kpkg with loadable module support disabled fails?

2006-10-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Tommie Van Mechgelen wrote: Dear, When I use make-kpkg when loadable module support is disabled, make-kpkg is generating errors. However compiling it with make works fine. Here is the error I am getting... Enabling loadable module support makes the error go away... I am using kernel-package

make-kpkg: Missing required parameter 'Old' at ...

2006-10-22 Thread Kay Smarczewski
Hello, if i do make-kpkg kernel_image and then dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.18kay-wlan2_2.6.18kay-wlan2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb there is an error: Missing Required paramater 'Old' at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.18kay-wlan2.postinst line 393 Using a revision tag don't work aroun

make-kpkg with loadable module support disabled fails?

2006-10-20 Thread Tommie Van Mechgelen
Dear, When I use make-kpkg when loadable module support is disabled, make-kpkg is generating errors. However compiling it with make works fine. Here is the error I am getting... Enabling loadable module support makes the error go away... I am using kernel-package version: 8.135 test ! -s

Re: make-kpkg problem

2006-10-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Michelle Konzack([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Am 2006-10-03 17:47:26, schrieb Wayne Topa: > > Hi all > > > > I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for > > a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg wi

Re: make-kpkg problem

2006-10-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-10-03 17:47:26, schrieb Wayne Topa: > Hi all > > I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for > a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting > these errors: > I have also tried different version of the k

Re: make-kpkg problem (Updated info)

2006-10-04 Thread Wayne Topa
Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi all > > I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for > a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting > these errors: > > VT3 root-3-ETCH:/usr/src/linu

Re: make-kpkg problem

2006-10-03 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/03/2006 09:35 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Mumia W..([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On 10/03/2006 04:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Hi all I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting

Re: make-kpkg problem

2006-10-03 Thread Wayne Topa
Mumia W..([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 10/03/2006 04:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > >Hi all > > > > I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for > > a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting > &

Re: make-kpkg problem

2006-10-03 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/03/2006 04:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Hi all I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting these errors: [...] Quick question: did you do a "make-kpkg clean" first? -- [

make-kpkg problem

2006-10-03 Thread Wayne Topa
Hi all I have been trying to find the answer to this problem on and off for a month or so. I can't compile a kernel using kpkg without getting these errors: VT3 root-3-ETCH:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17# make-kpkg --revision 1:buddy.2.2.17 --initrd kernel_image exec make -f /usr/

Re: make-kpkg + 2.6.18 errors

2006-09-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:49:19PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Suddenly "make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel_image" fails with kernel 2.6.18. > (attached) > > That worked OK with 2.6.17 5 days ago. > > Anybody do ma

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