Re: Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:46 AM, Sven Luther wrote:

> reassign 370418 base-installer
> thanks
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 01:46:02AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > reassign 370418 initramfs-tools
> > thanks
> >
> > On Monday 05 June 2006 09:13, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > > > Begin: Mounting root file system ... ...
> > > > Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
> > > > /scripts/local-top/lvm: 36 vgchange: not found
> > > > Done.
> > > > i8042.c: No controller found
> > > > FATAL: Error inserting i8042 (/lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/kernel/
> > > > drivers/input/serio/i8042.ko): No such device
> > > > ALERT! does not exist: Dropping to a shell!
> >
> > This looks like a initramfs-tools issue to me.
>
> Not sure, there is a serious problem here, and namely he is doing  
> an etch beta
> install, but initramfs-tools somehow thinks there is a 2.6.8 sarge  
> kernel
> after the reboot.
>
> It may be a initramfs-tools problem, but i may also well be a bug  
> in the
> kernel-installer part of base-installer.
>
> The i8042.ko module is definitively part of both the 2.6.8 and the  
> 2.6.16
> powerpc kernels, and as thus the error is that initramfs-tools  
> tries to use a
> non-working or non-existing kernel.
>
> Mmm, maybe this is related to sarge 2.6.8 kernel gaining a abi part ?
>
> Rick, can you send us a list of the dpkg -l of this system, and  
> check exactly
> what did happen during the kernel installation. If you can provide  
> us all the
> logs of the installation, or can do another one, it would be welcome.
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther


Ooooops!  Typo!

The "2.6.8" in the (hand-typed) quotation above is actually "2.6.15-1"

Boy!  Is my face red!

I'm *really* sorry for setting off a wild goose chase -- and then not  
catching it for more than 24 hours.

I've reorganized the web where all the logfiles are.  I've included  
stuff from /var/log in the dead filesystem.  In particular, /var/log/ 
aptitude and /var/log/dpkg.log .

I hope this helps in figuring out what's going on here.

Sorry for the confusion!

Rick