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Old 07-16-2012, 11:47 AM   #106
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When I rebooted my -current system today after upgrading to the latest mkinitrd-package and created a new initrd I get a kernel panic:
/bin/ash: error while loading shared libraries: /lib64/libc.so.6 unexpected PLT reloc type 0x25
+1 for me

I believe the problem is a symlink in the /boot/initrd-tree/lib64. I see
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bash-4.1$ ls -l /Slackware64/boot/initrd-tree/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 17 00:37 /Slackware64/boot/initrd-tree/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -> ld-2.9.so*
when the symlink should point to ld-2.15.so
Googling the error brought up this. http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc.../msg00092.html

For me, this probably is the result of the buildup of cruft from repeated upgrades.
 
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Old 07-16-2012, 12:27 PM   #107
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+1 for me

I believe the problem is a symlink in the /boot/initrd-tree/lib64. I see
Code:
bash-4.1$ ls -l /Slackware64/boot/initrd-tree/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 17 00:37 /Slackware64/boot/initrd-tree/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -> ld-2.9.so*
when the symlink should point to ld-2.15.so
Googling the error brought up this. http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc.../msg00092.html

For me, this probably is the result of the buildup of cruft from repeated upgrades.
Yes, the symlink is the problem. When I changed it to point to ld-2.15.so and re-ran mkinitrd the generic kernel booted fine.

Last edited by mats_b_tegner; 07-16-2012 at 12:29 PM.
 
Old 07-16-2012, 12:40 PM   #108
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I just checked that, in my initrd-tree the link is pointing to the correct file. I wonder why this is the case for me, but not for others?
 
Old 07-16-2012, 01:20 PM   #109
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Now installed fresh -current (as of yesterday) on my ThinkPad T61, mkinitrd seems to behave fine. I was able to just do

Code:
mkinitrd -c -m ext4
in /boot and modify my /etc/lilo.conf as usual, and it just works.

Sounds like the mkinitrd problems are limited to upgraded installs.
 
Old 07-16-2012, 02:00 PM   #110
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@inph

I was having this same error: "udevd[1346]: failed to create queue file: No such file or directory"
Think it was solved by adding "devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs mode=0755,nosuid 0 0" to /etc/fstab, based on LFS instructions. No more errors about failed queue file.

I have this error too:
Jul 16 15:28:42 m1 udevd[1328]: '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PNP0B00:' [1362] terminated by signal 6 (Aborted)
Jul 16 15:28:42 m1 udevd[1308]: '/sbin/modprobe -bv acpi:PNP0B00:' [1384] terminated by signal 6 (Aborted)

Seems to be related to rtc_cmos [/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0B00:00/physical_node/uevent]. I'm trying to figure this out and appreciate any help.

Thanks.
 
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Old 07-16-2012, 02:25 PM   #111
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The e100 firmware issue is a kernel bug, and there's nothing we can do about that. It's one of the last drivers to call request_firmware() or some such incorrectly, best I recall. This is from memory, so I may have some details wrong, but you get the idea (or at least some usable search terms to double-check me) :-)
 
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Old 07-16-2012, 02:51 PM   #112
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Has anyone gotten the Broadcom 4331 wireless working since this update? I've recompiled the kernel with BCMA turned on, and it worked! Yesterday. Now it doesn't work today. The b43 driver loads, but when I try to bring up the wlan0 interface, here's what dmesg says:

Code:
[ 3699.166869] firmware bcma0:0: firmware_loading_store: unexpected value (0)
[ 3699.170621] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[ 3699.170631] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode29_mimo.fw" not found
[ 3699.170640] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to hxxp://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
The b43 firmware files are installed under /lib/firmware/b43. It's really perplexing since it worked last night, and doesn't work today. The only changes since the last working boot is that I installed a few programs like Skype.

Does anyone else have a working Broadcom 4331 since Friday the 13th?

UPDATE: inph's trick of repeatedly running "ifconfig wlan0 up" does bring the interface up eventually.

Last edited by QuasarDonkey; 07-16-2012 at 03:02 PM.
 
Old 07-16-2012, 08:52 PM   #113
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Friday the 13th Massive Nightmare Upgrade Strikes VirtualBox

Looks like VirtualBox has been hit by the Friday the 13th Upgrade, and, yes, I have already re-installed VirutalBox after the upgrade. I've fired it up and it gets to the main windows, but this was the first time I actually tried to run a "machine" therein.

It reports this error,
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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
As previously stated, VB has already been re-installed and on boot up the module loads without an error message.
 
Old 07-16-2012, 09:01 PM   #114
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Just tried it, Vector Linux runs fine on Virtualbox 4.1.18 on my 32 bit -current system and on 4.1.10 (have to update that) on 64 bit (no multilib) -current. Both systems have the latest updates (July 16), Virtualbox is installed using Oracle's installer.

UPDATE: Upgraded to 4.1.18 on the 64 bit machine, still working fine.

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Old 07-16-2012, 11:04 PM   #115
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This update has brought me nothing but major breakage.

Now truecrypt won't mount any containers. Here's the syslog from the same time I tried mounting:
Code:
Jul 17 04:44:48 slackbook udevd[1377]: failed to create queue file: No such file or directory 
Jul 17 04:44:48 slackbook udevd[1377]: failed to create queue file: No such file or directory
And also my system goes idle when enabling swap (encrypted) during boot, so I have to Ctrl-C to cancel swapon.

Since the big update, I get a lot of udevd errors during boot, including the ones that inph and BrZ mentioned.

Note I wiped the whole system yesterday, installed fresh with 13.37, updated to current, and recompiled the kernel (for hardware support). But I'm still having a lot of trouble.

I think it might be time to finally migrate to Arch...
 
Old 07-16-2012, 11:07 PM   #116
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I think it might be time to finally migrate to Arch...
You want to change the distro because you have breakages in a development branch? That sounds rather strange.
 
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Old 07-16-2012, 11:18 PM   #117
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on the contrary, i just wiped my ArchLinux and installed Slackware-Current on my old laptop and it worked perfectly out of the box. Everything just perfect.

One of the reason is the switch from /lib to /usr/lib which broke my system. Slackware made it so easy to upgrade, but unfortunately, not in Arch (at least in my case)
 
Old 07-16-2012, 11:27 PM   #118
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This update has brought me nothing but major breakage.

...

I think it might be time to finally migrate to Arch...
And as always stated here, -current is for those who know what they're doing ...
 
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Old 07-16-2012, 11:47 PM   #119
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on the contrary, i just wiped my ArchLinux and installed Slackware-Current on my old laptop and it worked perfectly out of the box. Everything just perfect.
I know, Slackware has always worked perfect on my OLD laptop too. It just doesn't like my shiny new MacBook (but neither does any other distro, not that I'd want to use any other; Slackware-current rules) It's just so frustrating that everything worked perfectly a few days ago.

The reason I mentioned Arch is that its wiki indicates that the MacBook is supported (with a little work). Actually the Arch solution for the wireless will probably work with Slack, but there seems to be some udev-related problems in -current, which others are having too.

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Old 07-16-2012, 11:57 PM   #120
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It's just so frustrating that everything worked perfectly a few days ago.
Exactly that is the reason why I always backup the system before upgrading, especially when such major upgrades are coming. When it doesn't work I report my problems here and until they are solved I have the option to revert to the previous state.
 
  


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