I'm confirming that I'm seeing the same thing, and I notice the problem after 1) I've unpacked linux-source-2.6.17.tar.bz2 in /usr/src 2) make menuconfig/xconfig/whathaveyou 3) built a kernel using make-kpkg kernel_image 4) run make-kpkg clean 5) rerun make-kpkg kernel_image Hope this helps... Tony. "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin