On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 07:52:54AM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 09:06:17PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > Upgrading from libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 to 2.3.2.ds1-22 causes my laptop to > > > hang (no response from network, even magic sysrq doesn't work) at the > > > "unpacking files to replace libc6" stage. I've tried this a few times > > > with different kernels - 2.6.12-rc3, 2.6.11-rc3 and the Debian-packaged > > > 2.6.9-1-686 - and also with the "experimental" libc6 2.3.5-1, with the > > > same result. > > > That would have to be a kernel bug. Most probably you have a corrupted > > filesystem. > > Thanks for the quick response, it turns out that you were quite right. > A reiserfsck found and fixed a few problems on my root partition, and > after that I was able to complete the upgrade. > > Unfortunately I didn't think ahead to take an image of the partition, > so this means that now I'm also unable to reproduce the bug :-(
That is a bit undfortunate, but its good to hear your system is up and running. I think it would be best to close this bug and reopen it if the situation re-occurs, it may well have been a hardware-level corruption. Any objections? -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]