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I installed Ubuntu 9.10 Server (into VMware) and did the following:

tar jxf linux-2.6.31.11.tar.bz2
patch -p0 < grsecurity-2.1.14-2.6.31.11-201001071931.patch
cd linux-2.6.31.11
sudo make menuconfig
fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.31.11-grsec_2.6.31.11-grsec-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for bleh:
(Reading database ... 29872 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.31.11-grsec (from linux-image-2.6.31.11-grsec_2.6.31.11-grsec-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31.11-grsec_2.6.31.11-grsec-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.31.11-grsec_2.6.31.11-grsec-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb

Any ideas?

Are you currently using a grsecurity kernel on the Ubuntu guest?
If the process of installing failed while running a normal kernel I suggest you run the commands manually to try and find the error.

If you already have a running grsecurity kernel also check the output of dmesg for hints.

If it really is a grsecurity problem please follow the guidelines at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/Reporting_Bugs

[quote="specs"]Are you currently using a grsecurity kernel on the Ubuntu guest?s[/quote]

No, I am running vanilla 9.10 Ubuntu Server stock kernel.

[quote="specs"] If the process of installing failed while running a normal kernel I suggest you run the commands manually to try and find the error.s[/quote]

Thanks, I will try that - however I doubt that it would solve the problem as the error did not happen during the kernel compilation.

[quote="specs"] If it really is a grsecurity problem please follow the guidelines at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/Reporting_Bugs[/quote]

Thanks for the advice.

I played with this a bit more and got it working. So, I guess it was just a user error ... I'll get me coat