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What version of udev? |
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Recent versions are not compatible with older kernels, they need a *very* |
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recent kernel |
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"Francisco Ares" <frares@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>Hi |
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>After a lot of updates without rebooting (I`ve been keeping my computer on |
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>during several weeks), now it can`t boot anymore. Thanks to the LiveDVD I`m |
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>able to try somethings, including a "emerge --sync" and a "emerge -vuDN |
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>world", followed up by a "etc-update" and a "revdep-rebuild" - nothing |
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>strange and no results. |
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> |
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>The error message is like this (I had to copy it by hand, sorry for any |
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>typo): |
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> |
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>*Press I to enter interactive mod |
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> * Mounting proc at /proc ... [ok] |
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> *** Skipping mount of /sys as /sys/kernel exists |
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>** *** Mounting /dev ... [ok] |
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>** ***** Starting udevd ... [ok] |
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>** |
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>** ***** Populating /dev with existing devices through uevents ... [ok] |
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>** |
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>** ***** Assuming udev failed somewhere, as /dev/zero does not exist ** |
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>** ***** Mounting devpts at /dev/pts ... [ok] |
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>** |
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>** ***** Caching service dependencies ... ** |
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>[ok]** |
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>Can't open /dev/fb0 or /dev/fb/0 |
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>failed to configure resolution and icon positioning |
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>Failed to load theme 'livecd-2007.0' |
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>** ***** Checking root filesystem ... |
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>Failed to open the device '/dev/sda9': No such file or directory |
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> |
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>** ***** Filesystem couldn't be fixed :( |
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>Give root password for maintenance |
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>(or type Control-D to continue): |
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>** ** ** |
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>*Giving root password and listing the contents of the '/dev' directory, |
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>there are very few entries, none for my disk partitions, for example. |
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>I`ve already re-emerged udev, baselayout, and even built a new kernel - |
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>currently using 2.6.27-r7 and tried 2.6.30-r8 (I guess there`s nothing to do |
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>with the kernel, but I've built it just in case) |
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>Most probably I missed some messages during the ebuilds of the updates I've |
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>been applying. |
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>Any ideas on where to look for? |
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>Thanks a lot! |
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>Francisco |
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>-- |
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>"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you |
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>and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one |
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>idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - |
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>George Bernard Shaw |
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Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. |