lots of brokenness (was: Re: module-init-tools-3.0-2.i386.rpm)
Thomas J. Baker
tjb at unh.edu
Thu Sep 2 10:27:19 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 02:05 -0400, Paul Iadonisi wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 19:55, Paul wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Now, the question which needs to be asked is how did something as bust
> > as module-init-tools and the current xorg manage to escape?
>
> A lot seems busted lately. Kernels 532, 533, and 535 all paniced on
> me eventually, but I've had no chance to bugzilla anything due some
> other busy-ness (fighting the good fight against the whole Sender-ID
> patent crap).
> Seems that udev isn't starting in the right place, or something
> related to that. I'm getting permission errors on /dev/null (!),
> non-existant /dev/microcode and other madness. I think I finally have a
> stable kernel, but I'll need to let it run (really, limp along with the
> other problems it has) for a while to see how stable the kernel is.
> I downgraded initscripts and it didn't solve my (seemingly) udev
> problems. Anyone know if installing module-init-tools-3.0-2 will fix
> this? If so, I guess I'll have to hunt down a copy.
> As an upside, once I get X up and running on my i810, it seems to work
> just fine.
> --
> -Paul Iadonisi
> Senior System Administrator
> Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist
> Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux.
> GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
>
>
Keeping/downgrading-to/or-other-wise-somehow-installing udev-030-10 and
module-init-tools-3.0-2 did the trick for me. My system booted and seems
to be running normally.
tjb
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