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2004-08-12 Thread Martin Stiaszny
So as a result of this hotplug problem, I've been through the install for sarge a couple of times in the last few days, and this last one was the most painfull install I've ever done (I've been running my own linux box for 9 years now). When it gives you a choice for what kind of machine to insta

Re: pathologically unstable kernel in sarge

2004-08-10 Thread Martin Stiaszny
> All thanks to the new hotplug probably. Move /etc/rcS.d/S40hotplug out > of that dirctory, reboot. See if the machine reboots. If it doesn't, then > manually start hotplug (/etc/init.d/hotplug start). If it then reboots, > then file a bug on hotplug, work out the module that's causing the > rebo

Re: pathologically unstable kernel in sarge

2004-08-09 Thread Martin Stiaszny
> > Let me start at the begining - I burned the rc1 cd netinstall candidate > > for sarge on 6/21/04 > > I doubt it, that was not released until this Saturday. Ok - let me rephrase: I burned whatever was the most stable official cd net-install image for sarge at the time. > Check to see if hotp

pathologically unstable kernel in sarge

2004-08-09 Thread Martin Stiaszny
Let me start at the begining - I burned the rc1 cd netinstall candidate for sarge on 6/21/04, installed it, and everything was good for 2 months. Last friday, I was trying to fix the libpng vulnerability, and in the process of installing aptitude, my apt-get replaced my libgcc1 and some other stu