-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 03:40:33PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:37:51PM +0200, Beat Bolli wrote: >> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 >> Version: 2.6.26-15 >> Severity: grave >> Justification: renders package unusable >> >> During installation of the latest 2.6 kernel I get the following: >> >> Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 (2.6.26-15) ... >> Running depmod. >> Running mkinitrd.yaird. >> yaird error: can't open pci module list >> /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-486/modules.pcimap (fatal) >> mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image. >> Failed to create initrd image. >> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 >> >> A second "aptitude full-upgrade" produces the same messages. > >The root issue here is that module-init-tools version in squeeze has >stopped generating the .map files by default. From the upstream changelog: > >3.6 Version: >o depmod: make building map files optional (does anyone use them anyway?) > >So either yaird needs to be updated to no longer require the >modules.pcimap file, or make sure the map files still get generated >either by calling depmod -m itself, or working with the kernel team >to have the image postinst modified to include -m. > >Note that 2.6.26 kernels are only being updated for use in lenny. The >reason this update appeared in squeeze is because a newer release has >not yet migrated from sid into squeeze, but we need squeeze versions >of package to be greater than or equal to the versions in >lenny. Changing maintainer scripts in the lenny packages will unlikely >be done unless its shown to break upgrades to lenny. > >As a workaround, you might consider trying initramfs-tools instead of >yaird, or manually running: > > # depmod -a -m -F /boot/System.map-2.6.26-2-686 2.6.26-2-686 > # dpkg --configure -a Thanks for the detailed info, Dann! - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknjRNcACgkQn7DbMsAkQLhVIwCfdj1lgXvpIYiqgXnCvxtHNsrj 7KMAmgLUNl2wuVuJvzhWFiEsF66MqnA/ =ZH1+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
