I usually unpack the source archive wherever I have free space, and link /usr/src/linux to the top level. This creates a problem, because the .deb gets put one directory above the _actual_ directory, not in /usr/src. I usually forget and spend some time looking for it. I assume that's a bug.
-Joe P. > > According to Rich Hartman: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I just tried to compile 2.2.1 kernel and ran into a problem.... > > Following the directions in > > /usr/doc/kernel-source-2.2.1/debian.Readme, I installed the source > > .deb, make menuconfig, make-kpkg clean, then make-kpkg > > --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image... this took a long time (about 30 > > minutes) and I got no error messages - everything seemed to go fine, > > BUT the next step requires installing the newly created .deb package > > with dpkg -i... trouble is, no .deb package is created by the > > make-kpkg command.... so now I'm stuck half-way thru... any ideas? > > > > Rich > > It should be in the directory above (normally /usr/src, wenn your > kernel source is in /usr/src/linux). If not, you must have seen an error > message. > > kws > -- > Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Schulte > Bergische Universitaet-GH/HRZ (Computing Center) > Gaussstr. 20 > D-42097 Wuppertal (Germany) > Tel. +49-202-4392807, Fax +49-202-4392910 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
