Re: upgrade problems

[Kenny Hitt <kennyhitt@knology.net>]

Hi.  I don't have any problems using modprobe with Woody.  
You should probably let dpkg and apt manage your package data base
instead of trying to do things manually.
Someone suggested a list of commands to try first in another message try
running them and see what you get.

          Kenny


On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:01:49PM +0000, igueths@attbi.com wrote:
> Hi. Ok well at least now I know that people are using 
> Woody without the problems I have mentioned (I guess 
> that this is a good sign for the most part). Also, I 
> noticed that Woody has installed modutils 2.4.15, and 
> have since not been able to load my modules manually via 
> modprobe (don't like modules.conf too much). Can 
> modprobe still be run manually to load modules? Or is it 
> absolutely necessary that I create files for my various 
> devices via /etc/modutils? I personally don't really 
> like this method due to the fact that I have always been 
> able to script-load my modules and I prefer it that way. 
> I am beginning to think that I for some reason did not 
> do a full upgrade. Isn't the package index located 
> somewhere in /var/state/apt? Bc I was going to remove 
> the current index and rebuild it possibly based on Cd 
> images. And thanks for all the replies, they have been 
> very helpfull. 
> > Hi.  I haven't had any of the problems you are having with upgrading to Woody.
> > Everything is working fine.
> > 
> >           Kenny
> > 	  On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 05:06:42PM +0000, igueths@attbi.com wrote:
> > > Hi all. I upgraded to Woody about three days ago, and 
> > > have since been experiencing many problems. In my 
> > > opinion, the thing's not even close to being ready for 
> > > stable distribution (unlike potato). Is anyone currently 
> > > experiencing problems with modutils, where modprobe 
> > > says "invalid line 81 in modules.conf?" Considering the 
> > > fact that nothing has been changed in modules.conf for a 
> > > considerably long time, because I have always been 
> > > loading my modules manually via scripts. Also has anyone 
> > > experienced a status 10 in fetchmail because connection 
> > > to localhost failed? The most probable cause for this is 
> > > an early termination by exim (This was in my syslog 
> > > output). Another thing that has been happening to me is 
> > > that whenever I download a file in Lynx, and go back to 
> > > the previous page, Dectalk seases responding to 
> > > keystrokes. This means that possibly setserial is 
> > > attempting to change port configuration and preventing 
> > > data from being passed to the serial device (the Dectalk 
> > > express). Also at boot time, when I am trying to review 
> > > the screen with the 5 and 6 keys on the numpad, they 
> > > don't work when the hd is being probed for example. They 
> > > only work starting at the login prompt. To fix this 
> > > problem, I am going to get the keymap that I was using 
> > > in potato and revert back to it. In terms of the 
> > > problems with the packages, I am going to replace the 
> > > Woody version with the potato version of setserial, and 
> > > possibly getting the latest version of Exim. Or if that 
> > > doesn't work, I'm going to use the Potato version. And 
> > > in terms of modutils, its going to have to get scrapped 
> > > for the earlier version as well. So far, I know of one 
> > > person who has or is experiencing the problems mentioned 
> > > above. Is there anyone else? I am considering submitting 
> > > a series of bug reports when this whole thing gets 
> > > resolved (if nobody else has done so already). Thanks in 
> > > advance for any input!
> > > 
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