Re: update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-31 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 18:16:30 -0700, John Lee wrote: > Thanks for your help, Florian. > > Actually the system dropped me to the ash because it cannot mount > root. I tried it for quite a while before I used the old > initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686.bak and I'm pretty sure all the modules are > still t

Re: update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-30 Thread John Lee
Thanks for your help, Florian. Actually the system dropped me to the ash because it cannot mount root. I tried it for quite a while before I used the old initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686.bak and I'm pretty sure all the modules are still there (I did modprobe sd_mod). The linux-image is not updated this ti

Re: update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 14:13:12 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:05 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > My guess is that some sound(-related) module from the old initrd does > > not work properly with the new kernel. I would not spend time trying to > > get sound to work until yo

Re: update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-30 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:05 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > My guess is that some sound(-related) module from the old initrd does > not work properly with the new kernel. I would not spend time trying to > get sound to work until you can create a working initrd for your current > kernel. It seems th

Re: update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:28:20 +0800, John Lee wrote: > first of all I cannot boot after update. traced and find out some > strange problems: > > 1. sd_mod won't load. my system is running on SATA so mdadm will fail > to assemble my (/home) md0. also the system will not be able to mount > (/r

update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-29 Thread John Lee
first of all I cannot boot after update. traced and find out some strange problems: 1. sd_mod won't load. my system is running on SATA so mdadm will fail to assemble my (/home) md0. also the system will not be able to mount (/root) /dev/sda1 since all /dev/sda* were not there. 2. change grub

update to latest etch caused multiple problems - can't boot, no sound

2007-03-29 Thread John Lee
first of all I cannot boot after update. traced and find out some strange problems: 1. sd_mod won't load. my system is running on SATA so mdadm will fail to assemble my (/home) md0. also the system will not be able to mount (/root) /dev/sda1 since all /dev/sda* were not there. 2. change grub

Re: Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread TreeBoy
On Tuesday 16 Aug 2005 11:39, kadil wrote: > after my recent "ap-get update" - "apt-get dist-upgrade" a few nights ago, > mysqld will not start: > > Please take a look at the syslog. > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server

Re: Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:07:20PM +1000, kadil wrote: > Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb) ... > Setting up mysql-server (4.0.24-10) ... > Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. > Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed. > Please take a look at the s

Re: Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread Marco Scholten
and font rendering in Anjuta is broken. Some text overwriting other text. Other text dissappears when mouse is over top. Can anyone explain if the problems are possibly linked or just a double unlucky coincidence. I am unaware what could have initiated either problem. Ideas? This is a bug in anj

Re: Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread kadil
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:54 pm, Maurits van Rees wrote: > This just means that mysqld is *currently* not running, not that it > cannot start up at all. Try this as root: > > /etc/init.d/mysql start > That is precisely what I did, then cut and paste the output into the email I just uninstalled mysq

Re: Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:39:47PM +1000, kadil wrote: > after my recent "ap-get update" - "apt-get dist-upgrade" a few nights ago, > mysqld will not start: > > Please take a look at the syslog. > /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to loca

Multiple problems started at the same time

2005-08-16 Thread kadil
after my recent "ap-get update" - "apt-get dist-upgrade" a few nights ago, mysqld will not start: Please take a look at the syslog. /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' C

Re: multiple problems

1998-08-27 Thread Richard L. Alhama
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, spOOL wrote: > 1. what packages do I need to download to get X to work??? I would like to > use the Win95 look alike window manager xbase*.deb xserver-yourcard*.deb a-window-manager.deb some-apps.deb xlibg6*.deb is your card an ATI MACH64?, then d/l xserver-mach64*.deb. FVWM

multiple problems

1998-08-27 Thread spOOL
I have a copy of Debian 1.3 that came with an issue of Boot Magazine. After about 15-20 attempts to install X from the CD, I decided that this version of Debian and/or X must not support my graphics card which is an ATI All-In-Wonder-Pro. So I downloaded Hamm. Hamm itself installed flawlessly. I