[solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

sant527 · 2009-08-09 10:10:42

I have just did a fresh install of Archlinux 2009-02 i686

After setting up the network I updated the pakages by
$ pacman -Sy

The I wanted to install hal

$ pacman -S hal
it gives the following message
: : udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts [Y/n]

I selected Yes and hal was installed

Later when I wanted to add hal in the deamons in rc.conf. the file /etc/rc.conf does not exit instead i found /etc/rc.conf~

I copied rc.conf~ to rc.conf and added hal in deamons. Later when I restarted the the boot process stopped at
Enter the init leve
I enter 1 or 2 or 3 nothing happened

Then I have again reinstall fresh arch linux

Again the same thing comes when I do pacman -S hal

this time i didnt select anything and stopped the command

How to resolve this

Last edited by sant527 (2009-08-09 15:06:42)

Teoulas · 2009-08-09 10:21:14

This is related to http://www.archlinux.org/news/454/

You should have done a full system upgrade (pacman -Syu instead of -Sy) to upgrade both udev and initscripts to their latest versions. The initscripts package is essential for booting and you should never remove it.

Allan · 2009-08-09 10:32:28

Do not use just "pacman -Sy". Always update your system along with the package database with "pacman -Syu".

To fix this, you need to boot from the install CD, mount your partitions and install initscripts.

Edit: man I was beaten to the answer there... should have pushed submit before I walked away

sant527 · 2009-08-09 11:53:08

I solved it by
installing the latest verison of initscripts
and then updated the udev

Now it doesnt show the message

but if I do pacman -Si udev

it shows conflicts with initscripts

Allan · 2009-08-09 11:56:09

Conflicts With : initscripts<2009.07

Notice the "<2009.07" with that conflict. That means that latest udev has issues with earlier initscripts and not the current version.

jdiez · 2009-08-09 14:58:34

Yup, you should fully update your system. I had that issue and the system update fixed it.

sant527 · 2009-08-09 15:05:59

Allan wrote:

Conflicts With : initscripts<2009.07
Notice the "<2009.07" with that conflict. That means that latest udev has issues with earlier initscripts and not the current version.

Thank you. Its never known to me

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#1 2009-08-09 10:10:42

[solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#2 2009-08-09 10:21:14

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#3 2009-08-09 10:32:28

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#4 2009-08-09 11:53:08

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#5 2009-08-09 11:56:09

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#6 2009-08-09 14:58:34

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

#7 2009-08-09 15:05:59

Re: [solved] udev conflicts with initscripts. Remove initscripts

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