Re: problem with udev and drbd

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 14:28:48 John Hughes wrote:
> Karsten Nielsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed openssi 1.9.3 from
> > http://www.atlantech.com/~john/openssi-etch/ and set up drbd on the root
> > device.
> > I have a problem.
> > I have to force udev installation from the mirror with dpkg -i
> > --force-depends in order to get udev to work.
>
> Why did you need the --force-depends?  What was it missing?
>

master01:~#  dpkg -i udev_0.080-1.ssi5_i386.deb 
dpkg - warning: downgrading udev from 0.105-4 to 0.080-1.ssi5.
(Reading database ... 20119 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace udev 0.105-4 (using udev_0.080-1.ssi5_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement udev ...


dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
 udev depends on libc6 (>= 2.7-1); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5-ssi2.
 udev depends on libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59); however:
  Version of libselinux1 on system is 1.32-3.
dpkg: error processing udev (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 udev

> >  That breaks the system.
>
> Not a suprise!
>
> > I cannot ssh to the cluster without the downgrade of udev but with the
> > downgrade the system acts very wird.
> >
> > The original etch version of udev cannot be used do to the fact that it
> > requires kernel version > 2.6.15 in order for it to start
>
> Yup, that's why we have our own out-of-date udev.
>
> > Any help/pointers will bee appreciated
>
> Things may have bit-rotted due to some work I've been doing.  I'll see
> if I can check it all this weekend.



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