[ltp] Debian, laptop kernel, and dependencies

[Tino Keitel]

On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 23:24:16 -0400, Steve K wrote:
> Hey folks --
> 
> Not exactly a thinkpad related question, but I am using 2.4.21 + the 
> linux-laptop patches on my Debian unstable t40p.  The problem I've run into 
> is that I'm trying to use apt-get to install alsa, but the alsa-modules 
> package depends on the kernel-image package...
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   alsa-modules-2.4.21: Depends: kernel-image-2.4.21 but it is not installable
> 
> What is the proper way to handle this?  I suppose there should be a way to 
> tell the package system that I have the kernel-image package installed, or a 
> way to create a fake kernel-image package and install it (I think I did this 

Use kernel-pakage to build a kernel-image .deb from your custom kernel.

Regards,
Tino