I'm been trying to compile a new version of the kernel to see what sort of speed difference it makes (and hopefilly to fix my sound problem). I'm using Debian, running 2.4.27 right now.

I've run make menuconfig, and set everything up how I want it. Before I build it I do a make-kpkg clean. When I try and compile it though, I get this:
ack:/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg --revision=rar0 kernel_image
(tons of spam from it compiling stuff for a long while)
then the last part:

CC sound/pci/snd-ens1370.mod.o
LD [M] sound/pci/snd-ens1370.ko
CC sound/pci/snd-ens1371.mod.o
LD [M] sound/pci/snd-ens1371.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l 'gcc*' perl dpkg 'libc6*' binutils ldso make dpkg-dev |\
awk '$1 ~ /[hi]i/ { printf("%s-%s\n", $2, $3) }' > debian/buildinfo
uname -a >> debian/buildinfo
echo using the compiler: >> debian/buildinfo
grep LINUX_COMPILER include/linux/compile.h | \
sed -e 's/.*LINUX_COMPILER "//' -e 's/"$//' >> debian/buildinfo
echo applied kernel patches: >> debian/buildinfo
echo done > stamp-build
/usr/bin/make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/rules real_stamp_image
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
rm -f -r ./debian/tmp-image ./debian/tmp-image.deb
test -f stamp-configure || /usr/bin/make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/rules configure
test -f stamp-build || /usr/bin/make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/rules build
install -p -d -o root -g root -m 755 debian/tmp-image/DEBIAN
install -p -d -o root -g root -m 755 debian/tmp-image//boot
install -p -d -o root -g root -m 755 debian/tmp-image/usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.6.10
sed -e 's/=V/2.6.10/g' -e 's/=B//g' \
-e 's/=S//g' -e 's/=R//g' \
-e 's/=K/bzImage/g' -e 's/=L/lilo/g' \
-e 's/=I//g' -e 's,=D,/boot,g' \
-e 's@=M@@g' -e 's/=OF//g' \
-e 's@=A@i386@g' \
-e 's/=ST/kernel/g' \
/usr/share/kernel-package/image.postinst > debian/tmp-image/DEBIAN/postinst
make[1]: *** [real_stamp_image] Error 139
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 2

...I'm no expert at kernel stuff by far, and only been using linux for about 6 monthes. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.

Make error 139 is a segmentation fault, this could be caused by various applications including the compiler itself. It could also be faulty hardware (if so probably RAM). Since you are trying to run kernel 2.6.10, you would have to be running Debian unstable, so problems like this are should be expected. Personally, I would switch to testing, and use the 2.6.8 kernel. BTW, you may want to post this in the Debian section since your building the kernel with kpkg.

Thomas

I've tried it a few times, and it always dies at the same spot, so I don't think it's faulty hardware causing it. I wasn't aware that compiling it like that was debian-specific... I'll post there in a bit, thanks.