Re: make-kpkg buildpackage fails to build kernel-imagexx.deb(SOLVED)

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

John Foster wrote:
> 
> The subject pretty well sums up the problem. I am running Woody on this
> box and downloaded the tarball kernel-2.4.19 (stable) from kernel.org. I
> untarred it to /usr/src/linux and ran make mrproper. Then make-kpkg
> clean just for good measure. I did make xconfig and did the usual saves.
> I need to compile the kernel to suit my AMD XP processor and my sound
> chip, so I can not use a stock kernel image. I then did make-kpkg
> buildpackage which produced all of the .debs except the kernel-image. It
> seemed to build the vmlinuz kernel but did not package it. I have done
> this many times with excellent results and did in fact build the patched
> 2.4.19-rc1 kernel image that I am running now. I have never had this
> issue. Any suggestions??? I did get an error2 message but that indicated
> a lack of gpg/pgp signature and has never affected the usage of the
> kernel before.
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Well I guess this comes under the heading of "If at first you don't
succeed....." It seems the compiler was looking for a third party bit of
software for a SiS chipset that I had unwittingly selected when making
.config; I think that DRI requires one under the AGP selections & since
I do not use that card there was no driver. At any rate I deselected all
of the specialized chipsets under AGP and everything compiled O.K. This
should be included in the docs ( or at least in the "help" selection
during make config) but it was not. I am answering this since someone
else may benefit from my trial & errors.
-- 
John Foster