reinstall = errors

swazo · 2005-07-09 06:41:30

Ok, just installed archlinux and was presented with a few annoying errors i never once saw (which is dissapointing to say the least)...

one i fixed, i added devfs=nomount to the kernel line in grub which stopped arch dead in its tracks while booting (could not initialize consoles) so i had to remove that.

now my actual problems

irssi wont start. It refuses, it just flashes and does nothing

i tried compiling gaim through abs using makepkg and got some weird error like /usr/lib/perl5/?.?.? or something or other.

has anyone encountered this and know of a solution?

thanks.

cactus · 2005-07-09 07:00:46

after you installed, did you 'pacman -Syu' ?

swazo · 2005-07-09 07:34:57

Mhm. yes

Snowman · 2005-07-09 07:39:00

There is a bug with grub and devfs=nomount for new install. See http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&id=2902 for a solution.

Karma XXL · 2005-07-09 08:27:43

swazo wrote:

irssi wont start. It refuses, it just flashes and does nothing
i tried compiling gaim through abs using makepkg and got some weird error like /usr/lib/perl5/?.?.? or something or other.

You have to recompile irssi through abs, because the package is linked to an older perl (5.8.6 to be exact).

But the compilation will most likely fail with the same error as gaim did - for which I don't know the solution.

iphitus · 2005-07-09 08:38:20

Karma XXL wrote:

swazo wrote:
irssi wont start. It refuses, it just flashes and does nothing
i tried compiling gaim through abs using makepkg and got some weird error like /usr/lib/perl5/?.?.? or something or other.
You have to recompile irssi through abs, because the package is linked to an older perl (5.8.6 to be exact).
But the compilation will most likely fail with the same error as gaim did - for which I don't know the solution.

Post the error.

swazo · 2005-07-09 16:49:42

Snowman wrote:

There is a bug with grub and devfs=nomount for new install. See http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&id=2902 for a solution.

that basically created more errors when booting with devfs=nomount (couldmount mount swap everything in fstab couldent be mounted etc).

As for hte perl error, here:

rm: cannot remove `/var/abs/network/irssi/pkg/usr/lib/perl5/*/*/perllocal.pod': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/var/abs/network/irssi/pkg/usr/lib/perl5/?.?.?': No such file or directory

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#1 2005-07-09 06:41:30

reinstall = errors

#2 2005-07-09 07:00:46

Re: reinstall = errors

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#5 2005-07-09 08:27:43

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