Re: kernel errors
For instance I just got a post from Freedom Scientific which had the
announcement in the Email and also link to the post.
On Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:28:55 -0500,
David Wright wrote:
>
> On Fri 03 Feb 2023 at 13:12:05 (+0000), Richmond wrote:
> > David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes:
> > > On Thu 02 Feb 2023 at 21:58:54 (+0000), Richmond wrote:
> > >> "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> writes:
> > >> >
> > >> > (If not there, then in the /scripts/local-block directory of the initrd ?)
> > >>
> > >> I don't know how I would look in that. Is it in RAM at boot time?
> > >
> > > Choose your kernel ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Pick any name ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
> > >
> > > $ unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 /tmp/initrd21
> > > cpio: etc/console-setup/null: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
> > > $ ls -GlgR /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/:
> > > total 48
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 11152 Jan 14 2021 functions
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 init-bottom
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 init-top
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 5303 Jan 14 2021 local
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 local-block
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 local-bottom
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 local-premount
> > > drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 Feb 2 18:45 local-top
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 3093 Jan 14 2021 nfs
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/init-bottom:
> > > total 8
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 77 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 611 Aug 7 08:25 udev
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/init-top:
> > > total 20
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 314 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 384 Jan 14 2021 all_generic_ide
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 296 Jan 14 2021 blacklist
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 167 Jan 14 2021 keymap
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 568 Aug 7 08:25 udev
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/local-block:
> > > total 8
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 82 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 246 Feb 1 2022 cryptroot
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/local-bottom:
> > > total 20
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 336 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 253 Feb 1 2022 cryptgnupg-sc
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 449 Feb 1 2022 cryptopensc
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 307 Feb 1 2022 cryptroot
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 345 Nov 2 16:46 ntfs_3g
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/local-premount:
> > > total 12
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 165 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 226 Nov 2 16:46 ntfs_3g
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 863 Jan 14 2021 resume
> > >
> > > /tmp/initrd21/main/scripts/local-top:
> > > total 20
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 162 Jan 23 21:46 ORDER
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 757 Feb 1 2022 cryptopensc
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 8630 Feb 1 2022 cryptroot
> > > $
> > >
> > > This is a desktop with random-key swap, so no resume.
> > > There are encrypted partitions present. YMMV.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > David.
> >
> > ~$ unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-21-amd64 /tmp/initrd21
> > ~$ find /tmp/initrd21/ -print|grep "local-block"
> > ~$ find /tmp/initrd21/ -print|grep "local"
> >
> > /tmp/initrd21/usr/local
> > /tmp/initrd21/usr/local/share
> > /tmp/initrd21/usr/local/share/fonts
> > /tmp/initrd21/usr/local/share/fonts/.uuid
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-bottom
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-bottom/ntfs_3g
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-bottom/ORDER
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-premount
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-premount/ntfs_3g
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-premount/ORDER
> > /tmp/initrd21/scripts/local-premount/resume
> >
> > No local block. :-?
> >
> > find /tmp/initrd21/ -print|grep local|grep block
> >
> > No output here.
>
> Well, no, but there is a resume sitting there in local-premount,
> which suggests to me¹ that you perhaps have something in
> /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume. Has that been reported?
>
> I'd also be interested to see the output from:
>
> $ ls -lR /dev/disk | grep sr
>
> and
>
> $ grep -e sr -e sw /etc/fstab
>
> The intent of that last pattern is to see the swap lines that you
> have been commenting out.
>
> Of course, we might not see anything unusual anywhere while the
> machines are in their "fixed" state (whatever that means).
>
> ¹ This is a guess, based on the fact that I also have that file in
> initrd, and I have RESUME=none in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume,
> and something somewhere has to read the word "none".
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
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