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Re: [PLUG] After dist_upgrade, kubuntu system won't boot
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On 10/9/06, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
On Sunday 08 October 2006 13:06, sean finney wrote:
> hey art,
>
> > The only boot problem I still detect is that init stalls on HAL
> > initialization. It complains that it can't create a file because the
> > directory already exists. I was able to continue booting by pressing
> > ctrl+c and ctrl+d a few times. Any suggestions here? I will need to
> > reboot to find out the precise file overwriting problem and whether
> > ctrl+c or d was what did the trick.
>
> you could always try reinstalling that too ("dpkg -S filename" will tell
> you what package "owns" a file, btw). otherwise, you'll need to post
> more information (logs, error messages, etc) if you want more help.
No boot logs in var? Do I have to enable this?
Yes, see /etc/default/bootlogd
Two errors I can see.
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/dev/shm/var.run': file exists
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/dev/shm/var.lock': file exists
rmdiir: `/dev/shm/var.run': device or resource busy
rmdiir: `/dev/shm/var.lock': device or resource busy
Hmm. Are these errors still occurring?
I don't have a dapper system handy at the moment to compare with, but
as Sean said, this is a pretty odd error. Especially since the string
var.run does not occur anywhere in your config files.
I'd like to see the output of 'mount' and 'uname -a' on your system.
The errors could be from a script running from the initramfs. That
would not show up on a search through /etc. If that was the case, it
would indicate an out-of-date kernel, or just a need to update your
initramfs.
If you run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
Do the errors go away?
--
Will Dyson
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