On 2011-05-12 12:53 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> udevd[58]: error: runtime directory '/run/udev' not writable, for >> now falling back to '/dev/.udev' > > That looks like you are actually running testing or unstable.
FWIW, the error message has not been present in udev versions before 168, and that version is only in unstable. > A similar > issue has hit my sid machein recently. Descriptions of the problem and > solutions have been discussed here. The best thing is to ignore the udev error message, it's actually harmless. >> run-init: /sbin/init: No such file or directory > > Ouch. Can you confirm that /sbin/init still exists on your root > filesystem? You mentioned that you have another distro on the same > machine, so you can use that to inspect the filesystem. I'd do an fsck, > too. > >> 7) I then tried to run the rescue system from the debian installation >> dvd: >> - Executing a shell in /dev/sda3 (my root) fails without any >> meaningful error message. > > If it doesn't mean anything to you, it still may mean something to us. I suspect that Simon has upgraded libc6 to 2.13-3 and got hit by bug #626450¹ (sometimes unstable actually deserves its name…). Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626450 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vuc89au....@turtle.gmx.de