Package: yaird Apparently I will never be able to install or upgrade a kernel again without poisoning that kernel, as its /boot files are left in a halfway state after this adventure. Please advise.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 (2.6.24-4) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk. yaird error: unrecognised device: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00 yaird error: unrecognised device: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00 yaird error: unrecognised device: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00 yaird error: unrecognised device: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00 yaird error: there were errors in this run, aborting now without output (fatal) mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image. Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/yaird_0.0.12-24_i386.deb dpkg - warning: downgrading yaird from 0.0.12-25 to 0.0.12-24. (Reading database ... 105176 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace yaird 0.0.12-25 (using .../yaird_0.0.12-24_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement yaird ... Setting up yaird (0.0.12-24) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/yaird/Default.cfg ... # set linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 # http_proxy= apt-get install $@ Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 (2.6.24-4) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk. yaird error: bad device link in /sys/class/input/event2/device (fatal) mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image. Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Can I opt out and go back to the old way? # apt-get --purge remove yaird The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-image-2.6-686* linux-image-2.6.22-3-686* linux-image-2.6.24-1-686* linux-image-686* yaird* Apparently not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

