[Resolved] Borkage after Upgrade (A Kernel or SSL Upgrade Error?)

dura · 2013-02-16 12:02:13

Turned my x121e on this morning and felt like a quick System upgrade. In came groff, a filesystem package, ssl, and the newest kernel Arch is sending out. Once complete, I rebooted- the machine would not reboot itself, and froze. So I had to hard reboot. On the next bootup there was an error of some filename being too short (sorry cant remember precise error), and then after that the system boots, but the text size in console has changed, graphics seem slightly different, and when I login I cannot use trackpoint or touchpad, DWM is without wallpaper, all dwm-panel just default. It doesn't turn off from pressing hardswitch (it used to, very quickly), I can't open anything.

I am at a complete ends immediately. All I can think of is the few grub parameters I've added, but these were working perfectly up until the upgrade, and probably should not be mentioned here.

I will look into rolling back the upgrades. I can try and provide any info- though do not have connection for Arch at the moment as not running in X and don't have wired around currently (should do later).

I would really appreciate some help with this if anyone can.

Thank you.

Last edited by dura (2013-03-03 17:31:19)

graysky · 2013-02-16 12:17:13

Chroot in from live cd and downgrade the linux package. Reboot to the HDD. If all is.well, try to update again. If the problem is still present, report a bug against the linux package.

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dura · 2013-02-16 12:22:16

Thanks. I will have to zip to work to pick up a usable usb.

Last edited by dura (2013-02-16 12:29:20)

innocenceisdeath · 2013-02-16 13:37:51

Similar problem here regarding the trackpoint after this upgrade; also on an x121e. The trackpoint will periodically stop working for a minute or two after this update. None of the other issues though.

dura · 2013-02-16 16:40:58

Ok, so I chrooted into my system with usb, then tried to downgrade the kernel to what was used before 3.7.7-1, following the wiki page on downgrading the kernel.

Pacman then reads an error:

 Error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0:file too short

Incidentally, there was also a ssl upgrade as part of the -Syu this morning. I expected nothing from it, but read elsewhere off an ssl upgrade causing multiple errors.

Stumped again really.

Not sure if the original error message was anything to do with kernel: all I can state is was either mkinit related, or libcrypto related (sorry- I'd literally just woken up when I -Syu'd).

Thank you for any ideas.

Last edited by dura (2013-02-16 16:50:52)

dura · 2013-02-17 00:22:00

I'm at an ends with this. Regressed (debian dual boot). Will reinstall Arch probably next weekend.

Pierre · 2013-02-17 00:50:28

Where did you read about multiple error due to the openssl update? You problem was doing a hard reset which caused data loss. This is why you ended up with some empty files. Boot the live system and reinstall all the packages from your recent update using pacstrap.

dura · 2013-02-17 12:16:49

Thanks. Not surprised this is a pebcak error rather than Arch or pacman. I have the linux pkg, but can't find the ssl package that was upgraded. Not so sure about how/where to pacstrap the linux pkg, but will work away at it today. Might just try cd to directory I saved it in, then makepkg -i as I'm more familiar with that.

The ssl multiple error reference is likely meaningless; just saw it somewhere and was holding onto it as something to blame; other than myself...

Edit: I eventually reinstalled the system after having trouble pacstrapping the kernel across, etc. Marking this 'Resolved'.

Thank you for your help and advice.

Last edited by dura (2013-03-03 17:30:51)

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[Resolved] Borkage after Upgrade (A Kernel or SSL Upgrade Error?)

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