Broken links under /dev/.udev/db ?

Hi

Is it normal for there to be many broken symbolic links under the 
/dev/.udev/db directory ?

eg
 class <at> vc <at> vcsa5 -> vcsa5
 block <at> md2 -> md2
 class <at> misc <at> device-mapper -> mapper/control
 block <at> loop0 -> loop0
 block <at> ram0 -> ram0

Should I be concerned that so many of the symbolic links are pointing to 
files that do not exist ?

I'm running etch with the latest updates. My uname output is:
 Linux jack 2.6.18-5-vserver-k7 #1 SMP Mon Dec 24 19:45:10 UTC 2007 i686 
GNU/Linux

I'm unfamiliar with the /dev/.udev feature, so apologies if this is a 
dumb question.

Regards,
Declan

Broken links under /dev/.udev/db

Hi

I am not familiar with /dev/.udev so apologies if this is a dumb questions.

Under my /dev/.udev/db directory there are many broken symbolic links, eg:

  block <at> md2 -> md2
  class <at> misc <at> device-mapper -> mapper/control
  block <at> ram0 -> ram0
  block <at> loop0 -> loop0
  class <at> vc <at> vcsa5 -> vcsa5

Should I be concerned that so many symbolic links are pointing to files 
that do not exist ?

I'm running etch with the latest updates. My uname output is:
  Linux jack 2.6.18-5-vserver-k7 #1 SMP Mon Dec 24 19:45:10 UTC 2007 
i686 GNU/Linux

Thanks,
Declan

etch 2.6 kernel and modutils broken symlinks

Hi All

My system is running "etch" with the latest updates and a 2.6 kernel. It
has never installed or run a 2.4 or 2.2 kernel.

I've noticed that my system has some files that belong to the "modutils"
package (which is used with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels), however I don't have
that package installed. The files are "/sbin/ksyms" and
"/bin/kallsyms", both of which are symbolic links to "insmod.modutils"
which by the way doesn't exist.

In addition to those two files there are the following files which are
also symbolic links to the non-existant "insmod.modutils":

 /sbin/modprobe.modutils
 /sbin/lsmod.modutils
 /sbin/rmmod.modutils
 /bin/lsmod.modutils

Assuming that I continue to run 2.6 kernels, will these broken symbolic
links and missing "insmod.modutils" cause problems for my system? If so,
are there any recommended fixes ?

BTW, why are these broken symbolic links present on my system ? Is this
a known issue ?

Thanks,
Declan

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Re: etch 2.6 kernel and modutils broken symlinks

On Jan 01, Declan Mullen <declan <at> jadplace.com> wrote:

> I've noticed that my system has some files that belong to the "modutils"
> package (which is used with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels), however I don't have
> that package installed. The files are "/sbin/ksyms" and
> "/bin/kallsyms", both of which are symbolic links to "insmod.modutils"
> which by the way doesn't exist.
It's a feature.

> Assuming that I continue to run 2.6 kernels, will these broken symbolic
> links and missing "insmod.modutils" cause problems for my system? If so,
No.

> are there any recommended fixes ?
Ignore them, they disappeared in lenny anyway.

> BTW, why are these broken symbolic links present on my system ? Is this
They are needed.

> a known issue ?
Yes.

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Bug#458493: linux-image-2.6 and JMicron IDE controller

Bug#458527: linux-image-2.6.18-5-686: Postinst script fails if grub not installed

Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-17
Severity: normal

When there is no grub on the system, at the end of the installation postinst
script fails:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

menek:~# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  linux-doc-2.6.18
Recommended packages:
  libc6-i686
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 55 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/16.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 49.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.18-5-686.
(Reading database ... 168760 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 (from
.../linux-image-2.6.18-5-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-17_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-17) ...

 Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-686/source
 However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
 Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-686/source

Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
The provided postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] could not be run.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.18-5-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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In this case it would be better if the script gave a warning, that one should
manually update bootloader (lilo in my case). I am not sure if it is not a
kernel-package bug, because the same happens with my custom made linux-image.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-initrd
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils                    5.97-5.3    The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.85h       tools for generating an initramfs
ii  module-init-tools            3.3-pre4-2  tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 recommends:
pn  libc6-i686                    <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-5-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-5-686: true
  shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-5-686: false
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-5-686: true
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-5-686:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-5-686:

Bug#458560: linux-2.6: please support parallel=<n> for parallel building

Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.23-2
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

linux-2.6 currently allows building using several parallel jobs by
setting the DEBIAN_KERNEL_JOBS environment option. It would be great if
it could support the parallel=<n> option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.

See #209008 (debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)
for details.

Thank you,
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Bug#458562: firmware-iwlwifi: iwlwifi should conflict with ipw3945d

Package: firmware-iwlwifi
Severity: normal

Hi,

Running an ipw3945 card in my laptop, I had problems since sometime to make it
work. The old ipw3945 module did not work anymore, so I tried to use the new
iwlwifi driver coming with 2.6.23 and the firmware-iwlwifi.

Because this does not conflict with ipw3945d, the ipw3945 service was always
started on boot time and it was not possible to have the new iwl3945 module
running.

I guess that making the package conflict could be an elegant solution.

I can provide more info it needed.

Didrik

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash