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mjones

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Registered: 2011-02-24

Posts: 4

[solved] Errors in ugrading to kernel26-2.6.38.5-1, Opera involved?

While upgrading kernel to kernel26-2.6.38.5-1 i get some error messages and some Opera related output.

Opera related output is like this:

...
:: Generating module dependencies

This script installs Opera 11.00 build 1156 for Linux on x86_64.

Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved.

Options:

    --text          Select plain-text user interface.

    --unattended    Ask no questions. Implies --text.
                    The --prefix option becomes mandatory. 

    --quiet         Ask no questions and don't show progress.
                    Implies --text.

    --prefix /P     Specify installation directory. Opera will be
                    installed into /P/bin, /P/share and /P/lib.

    --user          Install for the current user. Default for non-root.
                    Alias for --prefix /root/.local.

    --system        Install for everybody. Default for root.
                    Alias for --prefix /usr/local.

    --suffix S      Append -S to the names of installed files and
                    directories. This allows to install several
                    versions of Opera side by side.

    --force         Ignore all kinds of errors and try to continue.

    --repackage R   Special mode for package maintainers. Extract files
                    into the staging directory R as if it were the
                    installation prefix, but prepare them to be
                    installed under the actual prefix. In this mode, no
                    finalizing actions, such as registration of menu
                    entries, are performed. Sanity checks are disabled.
                    Implies --unattended.

    --version       Show Opera version.

    --help          Show this message.
...

and this repeats many times and ends with errors:

...
This script installs Opera 11.00 build 1156 for Linux on x86_64.

Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved.

Options:

    --text          Select plain-text user interface.

    --unattended    Ask no questions. Implies --text.
                    The --prefix option becomes mandatory. 

    --quiet         Ask no questions and don't show progress.
                    Implies --text.

    --prefix /P     Specify installation directory. Opera will be
                    installed into /P/bin, /P/share and /P/lib.

    --user          Install for the current user. Default for non-root.
                    Alias for --prefix /root/.local.

    --system        Install for everybody. Default for root.
                    Alias for --prefix /usr/local.

    --suffix S      Append -S to the names of installed files and
                    directories. This allows to install several
                    versions of Opera side by side.

    --force         Ignore all kinds of errors and try to continue.

    --repackage R   Special mode for package maintainers. Extract files
                    into the staging directory R as if it were the
                    installation prefix, but prepare them to be
                    installed under the actual prefix. In this mode, no
                    finalizing actions, such as registration of menu
                    entries, are performed. Sanity checks are disabled.
                    Implies --unattended.

    --version       Show Opera version.

    --help          Show this message.
WARNING: Couldn't open directory /tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH: No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not open /tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.dep.temp for writing: No such file or directory
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.dep' does not exist
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.alias' does not exist
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.symbols' does not exist
:: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
==> SUCCESS
==> Building image "fallback"
...

Full output from

 pacman -S kernel26

is in http://pastebin.com/TweKjxaA
This is the second machine that i try to upgrade and the first machine had similar output and does not want to boot anymore
What should i do to get kernel to upgrade without errors?

Last edited by mjones (2011-05-09 03:58:07)

mjones

Member

Registered: 2011-02-24

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] Errors in ugrading to kernel26-2.6.38.5-1, Opera involved?

I had the Opera binaries untarred to a folder in my path and it seems that somehow Opera interfered with the kernel upgrade. Temporarily renamed the Opera folder (thereby removing it from the path) and kernel upgrade succeeded flawlessly. Case closed