Comments on: How to Customize Your Ubuntu Kernel

By: Vivek Dubey

Vivek Dubey — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:45:56 +0000

Very nie and helpful article. I have a quetion about costumization linux so i can make my linux os

By: Navin

Navin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:57:08 +0000

to compile ur source try this

dont use this, use the second one
fakeroot make-kpkg –initrd –append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers

the below works for me
fakeroot make-kpkg -initrd -append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers

the diference between the two is the minus sign, luk closer u ll figure out

Navin

By: Master

Master — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:19:08 +0000

here is my advice: If everything works – dont do it. You’ll never feel the difference except for placebo ;P

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:12:35 +0000

Everything went fine until I hit a post install step while building which I copied below. I have a Dell E6400 which needs an nvidia proprietary driver for my video card. Do I have to add this driver somewhere in the kernel tree or something? Is there a good article that you could point me to and any info about this error would be helpful. Thanks.

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Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.28.9-mine-a.postinst line 1186.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28.9-mine-a (–install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:

By: Robert Nicholson

Robert Nicholson — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:03:12 +0000

When you get that error you simply go into .config and make sure it says CONFIG_XEN is not set
instead of CONFIG_XEN=y

By: AC

AC — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:15:39 +0000

Hi, How do you compile just for x86? I keep getting this error:

Makefile:526: /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/arch/xen/Makefile’. Stop.
make: *** [conf.vars] Error 2

By: Jonathan Birge

Jonathan Birge — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Did you have a problem with the firmware being installed in a directory not specific to the kernel? When I use the make-dpkg command to compile the kernel, the package it creates puts the firmware code in /lib/firmware. Thus, if you make two custom kernels, they conflict. Any idea how to get around this?

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:56:04 +0000

Hi Ian,
I had the same problem here. I erased the long “-” and retyped it, worked. Good luck. Jan

By: Damon

Damon — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:14:09 +0000

One thing I noticed is that this takes far longer, maybe 3 or 4 times longer to do than it did under Gentoo. I’m guessing it’s because the ubuntu kernal I started with had heaps more options selected.

By: Feelin'Art

Feelin'Art — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:50:05 +0000

I have the same error as madness70. .

So why??