On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:51:30PM -0000, amhoov@gmail.com wrote: > On Jun 22, 4:00 pm, "amh...@gmail.com" <amh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jun 22, 1:20 pm, Andrew Sackville-West > > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 06:12:42PM -0000, amh...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I recently attempted to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.27 to 2.6.18 on my > > > > Sarge installation. First off, I had to change my sources.list to use > > > > the Etch packages because of a dependency loop involving libc6. > > [...] > > > > > > > I think there is some new console-font stuff happening. You can see it > > > with a successful post-sarge boot .. the screen flickers while it sets > > > up the consoles. Have you tried booting single-user mode? > > > > > > No, I haven't tried booting into single user mode yet. That's a good > > idea. > > > > As for the error, I was getting this error when trying to upgrade the > > kernel: > > > > >>kernel-image-2.6-386: Depends: linux-image-2.6-486 but it is not going to be installed > > >>libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.5-9+b1) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be installed > > > > Then, I get this error when trying to upgrade libc6: > > > > >>WARNING: POSIX threads library NPTL requires kernel version > > >>2.6.1 or later. If you use a kernel 2.4, please upgrade it > > >>before installing glibc. > > >>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9+b1_i386.deb (--unpack): > > [....] > > So, I managed to revert back to the Sarge packages and install the > Sarge 2.6 kernel (2.6.8) without issues. However, I'm still getting > the same garbled checkerboard pattern after boot. I tried booting in > single user mode and still got the same video issues at the console. > so, who knows what else might have gotten changed and what other etch stuff you may have drug in. One of these things could be causing a problem. maybe console-tools? just a guess. Again, if you've partially moved up to etch, you may have to complete it to get back into a working state. .02 A
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