Re: etch-to-lenny upgrade problem...

[Ed Sutter <esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>]

Ed Sutter wrote:
> Hi,
> Last week I attempted to upgrade to lenny.
> Everything *seemed* to go well, until I rebooted..
> Now at startup I see a few errors (see below) and end up
> with no GUI, and no network connectivity.
>
> Bottom line...
> It ain't good.  :-(
>
> Anyone have a clue what may have happened?
> Thanks in advance,
> Ed
>
> Here are the errors I notice during startup...
>
> 1:
>   udev_rules_init could not read /etc/udev/rules.d/libmtp7.rules
>
> 2:
>   /etc/rcS.d/S03udev:  line 292  udevtrigger: commnad not found
>
> 3:
>   Then for about three minutes the system sits at this message:
>      Waiting for /dev to be fully populated...
>
> 4:
>   Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist)
>
> I'm then able to log in at the text-only console, and my previously
> (as-in "etch") installed files/directories are there, but I have
> no network connectivity.

Well, I've resolved all but item #4 above by running the following command:
aptitude -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" -o DPkg::Options::="--force_confnew" reinstall udev"

I still don't have  GNOME up and running (apparently because of #4 above),
but the other errors are cleaned up,  so I'm gettin' there, but still lookin'
fer help.

Ed