On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 21:22 +0100, Henrik Christian Grove wrote:
> When I try to compile a 2.6.14 kernel on my new laptop, I get the
> following error:
> x40:~/kerne/linux-2.6.14# make
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> dnsdomainname: Host name lookup failure
>   CHK     usr/initramfs_list
>   /root/kerne/linux-2.6.14/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open 'y'
> make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_list] Error 1
> make: *** [usr] Error 2
> 
> I simply don't understand what it's trying to do, and google doesn't
> seem to know that error. Can anyone here help?
> 

I am going to guess the help text is unclear or something, and you have
in your .config:

CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="y"


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Martin Schlemmer