Bug#525072: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs failure resulted in broken dpkg and presumably unbootable system

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

thanks for your quick feedback and handling!

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Jon Dowland wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:14:49PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > please post output of:
> >  ls -l /etc/modprobe.d/arch
> 
> total 0
> 
> aha that could be the culprit:
> 
> >  tree /etc/modprobe.d/
> 
> trickier, no tree on this machine (yet), will find do for
> now?

sure ;)
 
> /etc/modprobe.d
> /etc/modprobe.d/libpisock9.conf


> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.dpkg-old
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.dpkg-old

you can nuke those, just lying around..

> /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/mt-st.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/ibm_acpi.modprobe.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/arch.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/arch.conf/x86_64
> /etc/modprobe.d/arch.conf/i386
> /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-hotplug.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/bluez.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/hsf.conflicts.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/display_class.conf
> /etc/modprobe.d/arch
> /etc/modprobe.d/hsf.conf
> 
> Just performed
> 
>     rmdir arch
>     mv arch.conf arch
> 
> and then
> 
>     dpkg --configure -a
> 
> This appears to have unstuck dpkg/apt!

;)
 
> I wonder if I did something dumb like 
> 
> rename 's,^(.*)$,$1.conf' in /etc/modprobe.d to try and
> shut out Marco's annoying warning messages?

yep, the symlink pointed nowhere anymore..
the modprobe message should disappear soon, i hope...


kind regards
 


-- 
maks