upgrade problems
Steve Holmes
steve at holmesgrown.com
Thu Aug 15 08:46:54 EDT 2002
My problems came up before I could have run these package managers
with any good results at all! I had no network functionality because
the net modules wouldn't load; nor any other modules from what I could
tell. I've about concluded the only to get a compatable kernel with
debian and its modules is to compile the kernel on an existing debian
machine. Think that might be the case? Even when I used debian's
kernel config file as a base I ran into the module unresolved symbol problems.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi. I don't have any problems using modprobe with Woody.
> You should probably let dpkg and apt manage your package data base
> instead of trying to do things manually.
> Someone suggested a list of commands to try first in another message try
> running them and see what you get.
>
> Kenny
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:01:49PM +0000, igueths at attbi.com wrote:
> > Hi. Ok well at least now I know that people are using
> > Woody without the problems I have mentioned (I guess
> > that this is a good sign for the most part). Also, I
> > noticed that Woody has installed modutils 2.4.15, and
> > have since not been able to load my modules manually via
> > modprobe (don't like modules.conf too much). Can
> > modprobe still be run manually to load modules? Or is it
> > absolutely necessary that I create files for my various
> > devices via /etc/modutils? I personally don't really
> > like this method due to the fact that I have always been
> > able to script-load my modules and I prefer it that way.
> > I am beginning to think that I for some reason did not
> > do a full upgrade. Isn't the package index located
> > somewhere in /var/state/apt? Bc I was going to remove
> > the current index and rebuild it possibly based on Cd
> > images. And thanks for all the replies, they have been
> > very helpfull.
> > > Hi. I haven't had any of the problems you are having with upgrading to Woody.
> > > Everything is working fine.
> > >
> > > Kenny
> > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 05:06:42PM +0000, igueths at attbi.com wrote:
> > > > Hi all. I upgraded to Woody about three days ago, and
> > > > have since been experiencing many problems. In my
> > > > opinion, the thing's not even close to being ready for
> > > > stable distribution (unlike potato). Is anyone currently
> > > > experiencing problems with modutils, where modprobe
> > > > says "invalid line 81 in modules.conf?" Considering the
> > > > fact that nothing has been changed in modules.conf for a
> > > > considerably long time, because I have always been
> > > > loading my modules manually via scripts. Also has anyone
> > > > experienced a status 10 in fetchmail because connection
> > > > to localhost failed? The most probable cause for this is
> > > > an early termination by exim (This was in my syslog
> > > > output). Another thing that has been happening to me is
> > > > that whenever I download a file in Lynx, and go back to
> > > > the previous page, Dectalk seases responding to
> > > > keystrokes. This means that possibly setserial is
> > > > attempting to change port configuration and preventing
> > > > data from being passed to the serial device (the Dectalk
> > > > express). Also at boot time, when I am trying to review
> > > > the screen with the 5 and 6 keys on the numpad, they
> > > > don't work when the hd is being probed for example. They
> > > > only work starting at the login prompt. To fix this
> > > > problem, I am going to get the keymap that I was using
> > > > in potato and revert back to it. In terms of the
> > > > problems with the packages, I am going to replace the
> > > > Woody version with the potato version of setserial, and
> > > > possibly getting the latest version of Exim. Or if that
> > > > doesn't work, I'm going to use the Potato version. And
> > > > in terms of modutils, its going to have to get scrapped
> > > > for the earlier version as well. So far, I know of one
> > > > person who has or is experiencing the problems mentioned
> > > > above. Is there anyone else? I am considering submitting
> > > > a series of bug reports when this whole thing gets
> > > > resolved (if nobody else has done so already). Thanks in
> > > > advance for any input!
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Speakup mailing list
> > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
More information about the Speakup
mailing list