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Posted: Aug 18, 11, 16:25 skotadopsyxos
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inxii -F
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System:    Host: --------- Kernel: 3.0-1.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop N/A Distro: Ubuntu 11.04 natty
Machine:   Mobo: Gigabyte model: P35-DS3 Bios: Award version: F14 date: 06/18/2009                                                                               
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 CPU 6300 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx)                                                           
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2799.951 MHz 2: 2799.951 MHz                                                                                                         
Graphics:  Card: ATI Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series]                                                                                                             
           X.org: 1.10.1 driver: fglrx tty size: 162x35 Advanced Data: N/A for root                                                                               
Audio:     Card-1: ATI Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series] driver: HDA Intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24                                                       
           Card-2: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: HDA Intel                                                                               
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169                                                                     
           IF: eth0 state: down speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: 00:1a:4d:4a:17:4c                                                                               
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2304.5GB (32.1% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD20EARS 2000.4GB                                                                               
           2: /dev/sdb ST3300831AS 300.1GB 3: USB /dev/sdc STORE_N_GO 4.0GB                                                                                       
Partition: ID: / size: 30G used: 14G (46%) fs: ext4 ID: /tmp size: 2.0G used: 69M (4%) fs: ext4                                                                   
           ID: /boot size: 194M used: 173M (95%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.02GB (0%) fs: swap                                                     
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: 60.0C                                                                                                           
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1415 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 1247 fan-4: 1184                                                                                       
Info:      Processes: 226 Uptime: 2:14 Memory: 2765.5/3964.6MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23


inxii -bxx
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System:    Host: myubudesktp Kernel: 3.0-1.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.1)
           Desktop N/A Distro: Ubuntu 11.04 natty                                                                                                                 
Machine:   Mobo: Gigabyte model: P35-DS3 Bios: Award version: F14 date: 06/18/2009                                                                               
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 CPU 6300 (-MCP-) clocked at 2799.951 MHz                                                                                         
Graphics:  Card: ATI Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series] bus-ID: 01:00.0                                                                                             
           X.org: 1.10.1 driver: fglrx tty size: 162x35 Advanced Data: N/A for root                                                                               
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller                                                                                   
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: c000 bus-ID: 04:00.0                                                                                               
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2304.5GB (32.1% used)                                                                                                                 
Info:      Processes: 226 Uptime: 2:13 Memory: 2765.1/3964.6MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.5.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23


Again, my problem seems to be the (non)creation of the initrd image, would the installation of gcc 4.6 fix this? I will try with the oneiric module-init-tools and see if that's the problem
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Posted: Aug 18, 11, 17:27 pedro.nariyoshi
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Having GCC 4.6 did not solve the problem. Manually creating initrd did!

My inxi -F:
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System:    Host xiaohei-hhht Kernel 3.0-1.dmz.3-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint 11 Katya
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo L7100 (-MCP-) cache 4096 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips 4788.82
           Clock Speeds: (1) 1201.00 MHz (2) 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) X.Org 1.10.1 Res: 1440x900@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel 965GM GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT  GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1 Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection driver iwl4965 v: in-tree: BusID: 03:00.0
           Card-2 Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection driver e1000e v: 1.3.10-k2 at port 1840 BusID: 00:19.0
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Partition: ID:/ size: 54G used: 35G (69%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 5.37GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0C mobo: 49.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1880
Info:      Processes 167 Uptime 3 min Memory 896.2/1987.1MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.23

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Posted: Aug 18, 11, 19:20 damentz
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That makes sense, the backtrace in the screenshot was pretty sparse, and the error is very familiar for anyone who cannot find their root partition or the drivers to mount them.
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Posted: Aug 18, 11, 21:27 mervinb
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@skotadopsyxos, your suggested workaround definitely works. I've verified this on three different PCs. Thanks.

Damentz, can the update-initramfs and dpkg-reconfigure be incorporated into the 3.0 kernel packages? In the meantime I'm building the initrd images each time there's a kernel update.
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Posted: Aug 18, 11, 22:51 techAdmin
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For debian (not Ubuntu, sorry) users, smxi has always run update-initramfs. for reasons like this. However, smxi will never get ubuntu support, too much work, and I don't use ubuntu. But debian users shold have no issues since this is just normal smxi behavior on its kernel package installs.
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Posted: Aug 19, 11, 3:39 skotadopsyxos
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what does smxi has to do with this problem??
It looks like for some reason in the latest packages initrd is not created..
update-initramfs is/should/does anyway run every time you install certain packages even in ubuntu
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Posted: Aug 20, 11, 5:08 perolozac
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Had the same problem, here's what fixed it: module-init-tools <= 3.12 is not able to handle kernel versions 3.0+, and so update-initramfs is not generating a good initrd (either not at all or not a usable one). You need version 3.16 or newer. Download it from here: launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/i386/module-init-tools/3.16-1ubuntu1, then run
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sudo dpkg -i module-init-tools_3.16-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

Then reboot. It should boot fine now.
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Posted: Aug 20, 11, 7:16 skotadopsyxos
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you can't really install this kernel (from the package/repository) and don't have module-init-tools 3.16 installed... That's not the problem here
in the latest package 3.0-5 initramfs still doesn't get created...
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Posted: Aug 20, 11, 7:31 perolozac
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Actually you can, apparently. I couldn't do it until yesterday either, it complained I needed module-init-tools 3.16 which was unavailable, but then yesterday I managed to install 3.0-5 while still having module-init-tools 3.12. Nobody complained, no unresolved dependencies, it just went and installed. I didn't tinker or mess with dpkg/apt dependencies myself, I'm guessing 3.0-5 removed the dependency for some reason.

Either way, I thought whoever has this initrd problem, it's worth checking the version of module-init-tools they have installed.
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Posted: Aug 20, 11, 23:10 damentz
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I removed the dependency for version 3.16 of module-init-tools, but I can't support Ubuntu beyond that. The package scripts I use were developed specifically for Debian.

Maybe Ubuntu needs a newer version of the initramfs-tools package?
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