Bug#336988: yaird: fails on beige G3, unrecognised 'mesh' device
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 07:22:58PM -0800, Beiad Dalton wrote:
> Package: yaird
> Version: 0.0.11-10
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Two errors actually, the first being unrecognised device, and the second when aptitude attempts to recover.
>
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc (2.6.14-2) ...
> Using /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Full list of probed ramdisk generating tools : /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs.
> yaird error: unrecognised device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0.f3000000:mac-io/0.00010000:mesh
Jonas, this should be a scsi device, and probbly needs a handling similar to
the titanium powerbook we fixed the other day.
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc (2.6.14-2) ...
> Using /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Full list of probed ramdisk generating tools : /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs.
> yaird error: destination /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-1-powerpc.new already exists (fatal)
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc
This is due to the previous failure, which doesn't erase the .new file, and is
i believe a bug in k-p. You need to erase the .new file by hand.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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