Arch Linux

clearloon

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Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 79

[SOLVED] request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000

I "resolved" this by rolling back the kernel. It's not an elegant solution but it works while I figure out what's *actually* the problem.

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Hi -

I have installed the plain old vanilla i686 version of archlinux. Everything worked on initial boot (yay!) and the system was completely useable.

I then upgraded (pacman -Syu) and installed a couple of other packages (ssh, rsync, rtorrent). All still w/ i686 packages.

The next time I booted up I got the following error:

request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
request module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input

This is a plain vanilla install, no weird hardware, no busted hardware, bios settings on failsafe.

Any ideas why this might be happening? Everything's been done by the book so to speak...

Last edited by clearloon (2009-01-09 09:38:55)