-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have news.
Good news! Upgrading busybox from version 1:1.1.3-3 to 1:1.18.5-1 fixed it. I used SystemRescueCD http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page to boot my computer, mount the hard drive, chroot into it, upgrade busybox and run "update-initramfs -u -k all". Then I rebooted, and the bug was gone. I'm happy to report that Roger and Petter's prompt and insightful replies trumped IRC and created a more permanent record here for fellow travelers. I wish I didn't feel the need to mention this, but on a related note, I am worried that "apt-get dist-upgrade" (or maybe it was "aptitude full-upgrade") failed to upgrade busybox. Maybe old versions of busybox will break other applications too. Humble suggestions: 1.) Make sysvinit depend on at least version 1:1.18.5-1 of busybox, and 2.) give apt-get's and aptitude's maintainers a head's up that at least in my case, busybox wasn't upgraded, and raise the possibility of causing other bugs. Thank you very much for your quick and helpful replies, Kingsley PS: Jeroen: good luck. :-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wsBcBAEBAgAGBQJORYOjAAoJEJcphLrL8UMTauMH/iBnVHHW30ZK63rv11NwCWTGgfeJ 3FFiXYVmDqiBC7Q9fnacv3eHUrfYryKnGK8UVUjp3FE4lf4LlyA4nWUSn6aBUI35etvH 5o4l9dS5Xrar3Iig4NcOBQJUCERrocNixSTYJbkgUrcSXlmfF6KjVvPcx0bXAdAnjVFW dmuEhDotdyhfHzuXD/lgVI2X6tGI5zOmZXD8LNlgDlrgTolirydjEisxnNvpIouPVYf5 Vw3xtbveLbIjqXaSmOB7GeWpom6UWmBWSV7rA93b57K95Zcl9FKeMM5zMi27BQyjtETf kwnMbzxKoz4A4VpaSJGqm0Pdi2ZfVsUluekyPDKUgRc= =qi74 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110812194851.b3de010e...@smtp.hushmail.com
