w00t! Let the breakage begin!

[VinDSL]

First breakage in UbuRR... YaY!

Installed these new packages via Synaptic (raring/main) @ 2:20AM local time.

Installed the following packages:
kmod (9-2ubuntu1)
libkmod2 (9-2ubuntu1)

Immediately afterward, I "tried" to install nVidia 304.60 (noobslab) but KMOD could not find some non-existant file.

WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs blah, blah, blah, does not exist

Boom, Fail, Loser, Goodbye! No nVidia drivers.

I just "tried" to remove kmod & libkmod2, but Synaptic wants to remove Unity et al. along with them. I'll pass...

Cannot modify anything kernel related, now -- anything that requires generating an initramfs.

First big time breakage in a while. UbuRR is gonna be fun!

[VinDSL]

Doing a little forensics... kmod (9-2ubuntu1) & libkmod2 (9-2ubuntu1) were superseded almost immediately.

Must have flown in, under the wire, when I updated/upgraded from CLI, today...

vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy kmod
kmod:
  Installed: 9-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy libkmod2
libkmod2:
  Installed: 9-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy module-init-tools
module-init-tools:
  Installed: 9-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.16-1ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
vindsl@Zuul:~$

Note to devs: KMOD still has issues! Might want to move it back into "-proposed".

But, wait... what's this "module-init-tools"?

Heh! When I "tried" removing "module-init-tools", guess what?!?!? It wanted to remove "kmod", but nothing else.

Commit Log for Mon Oct 29 12:49:29 2012

Downgraded the following packages:
module-init-tools

Removed the following packages:
kmod

Score, Winner, Pinned, Yes!

I could care less about the KMOD library. Let sleeping dogs lie, you know?

Just installed nVidia 304.51 (edgers) and it built just fine.

nVidia 304.60 (noobslab) evidently hasn't been patched for Linux 3.6.3.

Anyway, looks like I cheated death, yet again. Let's see if it survives a cold-boot...

EDIT

Number 5 Is Alive!

Bring on the breakage...

[zika]

Bitten by the same bug. But

~$ apt-cache policy module-init-tools 
module-init-tools:
  Installed: 9-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Nevertheless Your advice made me DL 3.16 and I'm back on track... Thank You...

echo "module-init-tools hold"|dpkg --set-selections

will keep it there until the storm is gone...

[ventrical]

I downloaded all those recent file upgrades/installs and there is nothing remarkable on THIS machine. However, I am running the 3.7.xxRC2 kernel and 310.14 nVidia-current.

[VinDSL]

I downloaded all those recent file upgrades/installs and there is nothing remarkable on THIS machine. However, I am running the 3.7.xxRC2 kernel and 310.14 nVidia-current.

If you're in a whimsical mood...

Purge nVidia 310.14, then re-install it.

That'll be the test...

[zika]

I downloaded all those recent file upgrades/installs and there is nothing remarkable on THIS machine. However, I am running the 3.7.xxRC2 kernel and 310.14 nVidia-current.

You might have not noticed because it produces error but install ends without breakage. Try update-initramfs on Your kernel...

[zika]

If you're in a whimsical mood...

Purge nVidia 310.14, then re-install it.

That'll be the test...

It's easier and safer to update-initramfs a kernel that is not necessary for every-day usage...

[VinDSL]

It's easier and safer to update-initramfs a kernel that is not necessary for every-day usage...

Heh! Pride goeth before destruction, you know?

[grahammechanical]

This is also happening on Linux 3.5.0.17.

I just booted and trie3d to update. It failed due to a missing package header. I fixed that and upgraded in the terminal and got this:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
cp: cannot stat `/lib/modprobe.d/*': No such file or directory
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kmod failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--unpack):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I opened synaptic and found that kmod and module-init-tools were tagged to be upgraded. Ran the upgrade and they are now at 9-2ubuntu2.

Safe to reboot? I will find out tomorrow.

[VinDSL]

This is also happening on Linux 3.5.0.17 [...]

I opened synaptic and found that kmod and module-init-tools were tagged to be upgraded. Ran the upgrade and they are now at 9-2ubuntu2.

Safe to reboot? I will find out tomorrow.

Be sure to get a good night's sleep. LoL!

Here's mine...

vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy module-init-tools
module-init-tools:
  Installed: 3.16-1ubuntu6
  Candidate: 9-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
     9-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
 *** 3.16-1ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
vindsl@Zuul:~$

vindsl@Zuul:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u
[sudo] password for vindsl: 
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.6.3-030603-generic
vindsl@Zuul:~$