alan.mckinnon at gmail
Nov 14, 2009, 5:24 AM
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What version of udev?
Recent versions are not compatible with older kernels, they need a *very*
recent kernel
"Francisco Ares" <frares [at] gmail> wrote:
>Hi
>
>After a lot of updates without rebooting (I`ve been keeping my computer on
>during several weeks), now it can`t boot anymore. Thanks to the LiveDVD I`m
>able to try somethings, including a "emerge --sync" and a "emerge -vuDN
>world", followed up by a "etc-update" and a "revdep-rebuild" - nothing
>strange and no results.
>
>The error message is like this (I had to copy it by hand, sorry for any
>typo):
>
>*Press I to enter interactive mod
> * Mounting proc at /proc ... [ok]
> *** Skipping mount of /sys as /sys/kernel exists
>** *** Mounting /dev ... [ok]
>** ***** Starting udevd ... [ok]
>**
>** ***** Populating /dev with existing devices through uevents ... [ok]
>**
>** ***** Assuming udev failed somewhere, as /dev/zero does not exist **
>** ***** Mounting devpts at /dev/pts ... [ok]
>**
>** ***** Caching service dependencies ... **
>[ok]**
>Can't open /dev/fb0 or /dev/fb/0
>failed to configure resolution and icon positioning
>Failed to load theme 'livecd-2007.0'
>** ***** Checking root filesystem ...
>Failed to open the device '/dev/sda9': No such file or directory
>
>
>** ***** Filesystem couldn't be fixed :(
>Give root password for maintenance
>(or type Control-D to continue):
>** ** **
>*Giving root password and listing the contents of the '/dev' directory,
>there are very few entries, none for my disk partitions, for example.
>
>I`ve already re-emerged udev, baselayout, and even built a new kernel -
>currently using 2.6.27-r7 and tried 2.6.30-r8 (I guess there`s nothing to do
>with the kernel, but I've built it just in case)
>
>Most probably I missed some messages during the ebuilds of the updates I've
>been applying.
>
>Any ideas on where to look for?
>
>Thanks a lot!
>Francisco
>--
>"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
>and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one
>idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -
>George Bernard Shaw
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