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    Problem with install new kernel.

    Hi folk.
    I have problem when I try install new kernel.
    I install Knoppix 2003-04-28 on my comp.
    I try compile new kernel with standard Debian way.
    I loggin as root, cd /usr/src/linux and do
    make-kpkg --revision=et.0.1 kernel_image
    Kernel compile correctly but I have errors with
    install modules:
    depmod: Can't open /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/extra/modules.dep for writing
    make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 255

    I check /lib/modules. There there is directory extra with modules.dep.
    Why on comp with istalled knoppix system use extra directory with
    modules dependences but not linux standard way where modules
    dependences write in /lib/modules/kernel_version/ ?

    And how resolve this that create debian kernel image?
    Thanx.

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    You might want to read this

    Or at a minumum try adding the modules target to the end of your make-kpkg line:

    make-kpkg --revision=et.0.1 kernel_image modules

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    > Or at a minumum try adding the modules target to the end of your
    > make-kpkg line:
    >
    > make-kpkg --revision=et.0.1 kernel_image modules

    Unfortunately, this do not resolve problem, the same errors :
    depmod: Can't open /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/extra/modules.dep for writing
    make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 255

    This cannot resolve problem because debian kernel-packages scripts know
    nothing about /lib/modules/extra directory.
    And kernel-image package do not builds.

    Ok. I try compile new kernel as standard linux way.
    When I do make modules_install this rewrites exist /lib/modules/extra
    and I have only new work kernel - if I try reboot in old kernel I have
    problem with my modules which cannot install !

    Why use this /lib/modules/extra ? How build new debian way kernel-image
    package ?

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    This is very, very interesting !!!
    Knoppix is based on debian. OK.
    dpkg -l | grep kernel-image
    ii kernel-image-2.4.20-xfs 10.00.Custom Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.20-xfs.

    dpkg -L kernel-image-2.4.20-xfs | grep "modules.dep"
    /lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs/modules.dep
    dpkg -L kernel-image-2.4.20-xfs | grep "modules/extra"
    nothing !!!

    cd /
    dpkg -S vmlinuz
    kernel-image-2.4.20-xfs: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
    ls -l /vmlinuz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 May 6 03:30 /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
    dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
    kernel-image-2.4.20-xfs: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs

    I searched file in /etc/modutils - 1alsa
    cat /etc/modutils/1alsa
    path[alsa]=/lib/modules/extra
    depfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.dep
    generic_stringfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.generic_string
    pcimapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.pcimap
    isapnpmapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.isapnpmap
    usbmapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.usbmap
    parportmapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.parportmap
    ieee1394mapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.ieee1394map
    pnpbiosmapfile=/lib/modules/extra/modules.pnpbiosmap

    I remove this file,
    update-modules
    updatedb

    cd /usr/src/linux
    make-kpkg clean
    make-kpkg --revision=et.0.1 kernel_image

    cd ..
    ls -l kernel-image
    kernel-image-2.4.21_et.0.1_i386.deb

    and I have new kernel-image package !!!

    This is BUG?

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    Hi,

    Sorry for the late posting.

    I had the same problem, So maybe a bug report is needed.

    (I found your posts on Google too, and at first thought you were a different person cause I didn't look at the names )

    But thanks to your posts I was able to compile a new kernel with make-kpkg

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    yes, I also have the same problem here when compiling a custom kernel for my HD-install of knoppix 3.2-26/07/03 . It has been very frustrating to say the least. Is there some other way around it with removing those two files??

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    Two files? I can see only one mentioned in the earlier posts, /etc/modutils/1alsa. Or, perhaps you mean the /lib/modules/extra directory? Anyways, it doesn't change my actual answer.

    Nevertheless, I do not know any other way around it, but there should be no problems after removing the file. Just make sure you move or rename it (or any other config/system file you "delete", for that matter) instead of deleting, so you can restore it if you run into problems.

    If alsa doesn't work on your new kernel because deleting /etc/modutils/1alsa, then just upgrade (or remove and re-install) all alsa packages with apt-get. That way all the config files should be re-created with the correct paths. At least, my system is working OK now.

    By the way, I didn't make a bug report because my knoppix wasn't a recent one, and I wasn't sure if this applies to the newest version. So maybe somebody who has the problem with the last version should make the bug report (you?).

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    Workaround

    {edited}
    Hi,
    I too had the above problem and posted here before. But since then have successfully built a kernel. The solution I found was to build the image, docs, modules- everything, using the 'buildpackage' target.
    Code:
    [linux]# make menuconfig
    [linux]# fakeroot make-kpkg clean
    [linux]# fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=.031129 buildpackage modules_image

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