Bug#324817: linux-source-2.6.12: permission denied when doing 'make menuconfig'

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:30:15AM +0200, Chris Vanden Berghe wrote:
> Package: linux-source-2.6.12
> Version: 2.6.12-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I get a permission denied error when trying to run 'make menuconfig' on a clean kernel source:

Well, it is obvious that the stuff in /usr/src should be owned by root, and
that you should extract your tree in some other directory where you are
allowed to mess with. On a debian system, anything outside of /home/<user> and
/usr/local should be reserved to only the packaging system, and i guess only
/home/<user> should have <user> permissions. [1].

Try :

cd ~
tar xvjf /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2
ln -s linux-source-2.6.12 linux
cd linux
make menuconfig

[1] : Well, that is the theory, but i guess this will be enough to give you
enough information to solve your problem given your own system setup.

Friendly,

Sven Luther