Re: Problem with kpkg / dpkg
According to Christian Dysthe:
>
> Hello Debian,
>
> I have tried to compile my kernel(2.0.34)for sound card support
> using kpgk. During the comile I get the message that it cannot find
> the command "dpkg-gencontrol", and no kernel image is created.
>
> I put the kernel source in /user/kernelnew/linux/. the kpkg talks
> something about leving /usr/linux alone, but I do not understand
> this part fully.
>
> I have tried to compile the kernel using normal config and make,
> and it compiles fine and the kernel I get works fine, but I rather
> use kpkg since it "automates' the whole procedure more for a newbie
> like myself.
This is a known bug of dpkg, when you are using locales. You have to set
the environment variables LANG and LC_TYPE, LC_ALL and the like to C
instead of e.g. de_DE. Do in bash: "LANG=C; export LANG", in tcsh:
"setenv LANG C" and so on. Then you can just retype your make-kpkg
command and it will succeed.
kws
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