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vasdee

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Registered: 2006-07-15

Posts: 55

initramfs hanging at boot

after upgrading a whole bunch of packages the other day and removing the /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm symlink I rebooted my laptop only to have it hang right at the beginning of the boot sequence with a message like:

ACPI: GPE storm detected (there's some other words here which i can't remember ooffhand but can post if need be)
Loading Initramfs....

I dual boot with ubuntu so I have access to the pacman logs but other than the klibc upgrades i can't see anything that might have caused this.

[2008-10-07 11:27] starting full system upgrade
[2008-10-07 11:34] removed libdvbpsi4 (0.1.5-1)
[2008-10-07 11:39] synchronizing package lists
[2008-10-07 11:40] starting full system upgrade
[2008-10-07 11:40] starting full system upgrade
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded atl2 (2.0.4-4 -> 2.0.5-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded bridge-utils (1.2-2 -> 1.4-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded cdparanoia (10.2-1 -> 10.2-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded cpufrequtils (005-1 -> 005-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded curl (7.18.2-1 -> 7.19.0-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.40.8-1 -> 1.41.1-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded elinks (0.11.4rc1-3 -> 0.11.5-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded pciutils (3.0.0-2 -> 3.0.2-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded pm-utils (1.1.2.4-1 -> 1.2.2.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded udev (119-1 -> 128-5)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded hal (0.5.11-1 -> 0.5.11-4)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded ifenslave (1.1.0-3 -> 1.1.0-4)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded imagemagick (6.4.3.6-1 -> 6.4.4.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded ipod-sharp (0.8.0-1 -> 0.8.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded iputils (20070202-4 -> 20071127-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded klibc (1.5-6 -> 1.5.14-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded klibc-extras (2.4-2 -> 2.5-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded klibc-kbd (1.15.20080312-6 -> 1.15.20080312-7)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded klibc-module-init-tools (3.4-1 -> 3.4-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded klibc-udev (116-4 -> 128-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded lame (3.98-2 -> 3.98.2-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libdvdcss (1.2.9-2 -> 1.2.10-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded texinfo (4.12-3 -> 4.13a-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libgcrypt (1.4.2-1 -> 1.4.3-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] NOTE
[2008-10-07 11:40] ----
[2008-10-07 11:40] Add your user to group 'camera' to use camera devices.
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libgphoto2 (2.4.2-1 -> 2.4.2-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libmysqlclient (5.0.60-1 -> 5.0.68-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libpng (1.2.31-1 -> 1.2.32-1)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded libraw1394 (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.0-2)
[2008-10-07 11:40] upgraded sqlite3 (3.6.2-1 -> 3.6.3-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.0.1-2 -> 1.9.0.3-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded liferea (1.4.19-1 -> 1.4.20-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded linux-atm (2.4.1-3 -> 2.5.0-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded mail-notification (5.0-1 -> 5.4-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded mono-zeroconf (0.7.6-4 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded mysql-clients (5.0.60-2 -> 5.0.68-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded mysql (5.0.60-1 -> 5.0.68-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded nasm (0.98.39-1 -> 2.03.01-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded netcfg (2.1.0-1 -> 2.1.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded pam (1.0.1-2 -> 1.0.2-2)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded pcmciautils (015-1 -> 015-2)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded pidgin-facebookchat (1.35-2 -> 1.36-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded postgresql-libs (8.3.3-2 -> 8.3.4-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded pptpclient (1.7.1-3 -> 1.7.2-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded python-simplejson (1.9.2-1 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded qt (4.4.2-2 -> 4.4.2-3)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded scons (0.98.5-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded setuptools (0.6c8-1 -> 0.6c9-1)
[2008-10-07 11:41] upgraded sshfs (1.9-1 -> 2.1-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] Updating font cache... done.
[2008-10-07 11:42] Note: terminus-font is in /usr/share/fonts/local/
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded terminus-font (4.26-1 -> 4.28-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded tree (1.5.1.1-1 -> 1.5.2.1-2)
[2008-10-07 11:42] Updating font cache... done.
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded ttf-liberation (3-3 -> 1.04-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded unrar (3.8.2-1 -> 3.8.3-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] installed ladspa (1.13-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] installed fluidsynth (1.0.8-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] installed libdvbpsi (0.1.6-3)
[2008-10-07 11:42] installed zvbi (0.2.26-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] installed libmodplug (0.8.4-1)
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded vlc (0.8.6i-3 -> 0.9.3-5)
[2008-10-07 11:42] upgraded wxgtk (2.8.8-1 -> 2.8.9-1)
[2008-10-07 13:24] installed hawknl (1.68-1)
[2008-10-07 16:29] installed openlierox (0.57_beta5-2)
[2008-10-07 16:32] synchronizing package lists
[2008-10-07 16:33] starting full system upgrade
[2008-10-07 16:33] starting full system upgrade
[2008-10-07 16:39] upgraded libevent (1.3e-1 -> 1.4.8-2)
[2008-10-07 16:39] upgraded libldap (2.3.40-1 -> 2.3.43-3)
[2008-10-07 16:39] upgraded nfsidmap (0.20-2 -> 0.21-2)
[2008-10-07 16:39]   
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==>
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> PLEASE NOTE:
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> Extended configuration options for NFS are now available in
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> /etc/conf.d/nfs.
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> If /etc/conf.d/nfsd remains on your system from an earlier
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> installation, transfer its settings to /etc/conf.d/nfs and
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> delete it.
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==>
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> Please refer to http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nfs
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==> for further information.
[2008-10-07 16:39]   ==>
[2008-10-07 16:39] 
[2008-10-07 16:39] upgraded nfs-utils (1.1.0-4 -> 1.1.3-2)
[2008-10-07 16:39] upgraded vlc (0.9.3-5 -> 0.9.4-1)
[2008-10-07 18:59] installed pwlib (1.10.10-2)
[2008-10-07 18:59] installed opal (2.2.11-2)
[2008-10-07 18:59] installed ekiga (2.0.12-1)

Anyone know how to fix this from within ubuntu? (i'm travelling at the moment and can't easily get a live cd at the moment).

Thanks!

oh yeah, the logs also show that I pacman -Syu multiple times a day and REALLY need help fixing that problem as well!