lots of brokenness (was: Re: module-init-tools-3.0-2.i386.rpm)

[Thomas J. Baker]

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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