Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 16:57:04 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2008 1:36 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:17:10 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote:
> > > I compiled Linux kernel package using make-kpkg --initrd
> > > --revision=bitobor.1.1 kernel_image.
> > > Then I succesfully installed it
> > > (/usr/src/linux-image-2.6.23_bitobor.1.1_amd64.deb)
> > > After that, synaptic & aptitude safe-upgrade became non-working:
> > >
> > > E: I wasn't able to locate file for the linux-image-2.6.23 package.
> > > This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

[...]

> > How did you install your custom kernel image? (We need to know the exact
> > command.)
> 
> dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.23_bitobor.1.1_amd64.deb
> 
> > Were there any error messages or warnings?
> No

That is strange; the dpkg status below indicates "half-installed", so
something must have gone wrong.

> > What is the output of this command:
> > dpkg -l linux-image\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}'
> 
> un linux-image <none>
> un linux-image-2.6 <none>
> pn linux-image-2.6-amd64 <none>
> ii linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13
> ii linux-image-2.6.22-2-amd64 2.6.22-4
> iH linux-image-2.6.23 bitobor.1.1

What do you get when you run:

ls -l /boot/ /lib/modules/

dpkg -D73 --configure linux-image-2.6.23

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