Package: kernel-package Version: 11.0011 Severity: normal I'm unable to follow the USER INSTRUCTIONS in README.modules. For several modules, step 6 fails with a permission problem:
$ LANG=C make-kpkg modules_image exec debian/rules DEBIAN_REVISION=2.6.26-10.00.Custom modules_image for module in /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel ; do \ if test -d $module; then \ (cd $module; \ if ./debian/rules KVERS="2.6.26" KSRC="/home/chealer/sources/linux-source-2.6.26" \ KMAINT="Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer" KEMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" \ KPKG_DEST_DIR="/home/chealer/sources/linux-source-2.6.26/.." \ KPKG_MAINTAINER="Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer" \ KPKG_EXTRAV_ARG="" \ ARCH="i386" \ KDREV="2.6.26-10.00.Custom" kdist_image; then \ echo "Module $module processed fine"; \ else \ echo "Module $module failed."; \ if [ "X" != "X" ]; then \ echo "Perhaps $module does not understand --rootcmd?"; \ echo "If you see messages that indicate that it is not"; \ echo "in fact being built as root, please file a bug "; \ echo "against $module."; \ fi; \ echo "Hit return to Continue"; \ read ans; \ fi; \ ); \ else \ echo "Module $module does not exist"; \ echo "Hit return to Continue?"; \ fi; \ done make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' echo "ROOT_CMD = " ROOT_CMD = /usr/bin/make -w -f debian/rules binary_modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' # select which makefile to use. rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile || true rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile': Permission denied if [ 6 = 6 ]; then \ ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \ fi ln: creating symbolic link `Makefile': File exists make[2]: *** [config.Makefile] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' Module /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel failed. Hit return to Continue --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 Debian Release: lenny/sid 990 testing security.debian.org 990 testing gulus.usherbrooke.ca 500 unstable gulus.usherbrooke.ca --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ==================================-+-============= perl | 5.10.0-16 dpkg (>= 1.4) | 1.14.22 dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.0.9) | 1.14.22 gcc | 4:4.3.2-2 OR c-compiler | make (>= 3.80-10) | 3.81-5 po-debconf | 1.0.15 gettext | 0.17-4 file | 4.26-1 debianutils (>= 2.30) | 2.30 binutils (>= 2.12) | 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 util-linux (>= 2.10o) | 2.13.1.1-1 module-init-tools (>= 0.9.10) | 3.4-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]