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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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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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*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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** ***** 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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