On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Dunc <centos at duncb.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm trying to add the patch mentioned in this thread to the plain Centos > kernel > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-August/062845.html > > I've followed the directions on the wiki for building a custom kernel, but > after applying all the patches it fails with: > > make[1]: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 4 > make: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 2 > error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) > > RPM build errors: > Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) > > Can anyone help with this? Or is there an easier way to apply the patch, as > I'm not wanting to change the config of the kernel in any way? Just wanted to make sure you ran the rpmbuild command with --target=`uname -m` ? Or did you attempt to build it for an arch that is different from the running kernel? Now... This bug looks quite nasty and seems to be affecting a good number of people. There is a long discussion thread on the Scientific Linux and someone there is offering patched SL kernels: http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0808&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=17645 In a case like this, Johnny Hughes used to build a patched version of CentOS kernels. Seems like he is not available at this moment. Would some other CentOS dev be able to do this for affected CentOS users? Akemi