2009
12.20

How to compile a custom (x86_64) kernel in Ubuntu 8.10

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In this howto I will show how I compiled a custom kernel in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). First we have to install some packages:

apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot wget bzip2;
apt-get install linux-source;

The newly installed kernel-sources are in /usr/src

cd /usr/src;
tar -xjvf linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2;
ln -s linux-source-2.6.27 linux;
cd linux;

After unpacking and changing to the appropriate directory we have to copy our old (kernel) .config and we are ready to go!

cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config;
make menuconfig;

Here are some screenshots of how I configured my kernel:


PS; I am on an Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 with:

  • 8GB memory
  • ATI HD Radeon 3600 series
  • Areca ARC1210 with 4 x WD RE3 WD7502ABYS (RAID 10)
make menuconfig - processor type and features

processor type and features
make menuconfig - bus options

bus options
make menuconfig - device drivers

device drivers
make menuconfig - networking support

networking support
make menuconfig - firmware drivers

firmware drivers
make menuconfig - ubuntu supplied third-party device drivers

ubuntu supplied third-party device drivers

You will probably come across this bug. Adding --arch=amd64 --subarch=x86_64 when calling make-kpkg will fix it:

make-kpkg clean --arch=amd64 --subarch=x86_64;
fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-quad \
kernel_image kernel_headers --arch=amd64 --subarch=x86_64;
synaptic pin package

pin package


If everything went well, we can install our packages and make sure we pin them (although you shouldn’t need to worry if you used --append-to-version)

dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.27.18-quad-rt_2.6.27.18-quad-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb;
dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.27.18-quad-rt_2.6.27.18-quad-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb;

If you come across this bug:

/etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at ...

Just:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-common
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common

and everything will work like a charm!

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