Re: '/dev' nodes not getting populated

2006-09-22 Thread Michael Armida
Hey Vibhav, Thanks for the info. I checked out the placement of the links in /etc/rcX.d, and everything already was as you described it (makedev is in S for 2-5 and K for 0,1, and 6, udev and udev-mtab are in S). My linux mentor friend recommended rebuilding the initramfs image; I reinstall

Re: '/dev' nodes not getting populated

2006-09-22 Thread Vibhav Sharma
Hi Michael, Well, I was the on who originally reported the problem. On my system, the problem seemed to be that the 'initscripts' configuration had been messed up. I compared mine with a friends whose system was working and noticed the anomalies. I used 'sysv-rc-conf'. 'udev' is supposed to

Re: '/dev' nodes not getting populated

2006-09-21 Thread Michael Armida
Hello All, I picked up on a recent conversation from this list here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/256763 I'm having exactly the same problem. Does Kevin Mark or anybody else know where I can find more information about the "initscript upgrade error", or how to fix this

Re: '/dev' nodes not getting populated

2006-09-20 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 12:59:24PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Debian unstable > > kernel: 2.6.17-2-686 SMP > udev: 0.100-1 > hal: 0.5.7.1-2 > > I updated my system last night (remotely so did'nt monitor what all changed). > > after reboot, X does not start. > says: >