Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-16 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 15/07/2013 22:09:20, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/intel-microcode.postinst with a simple text editor (vim, emacs or nano recommended). Add exit 0 as the second line of the script (leave the first line that starts with #! alone). Great! Really, you

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 14/07/2013 23:17:39, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : I'll need your help to track this down. Please, what are the messages on screen at the time the system gets blocked? # dpkg --configure -a Paramétrage de intel-microcode (1.20130222.5) ... Using per-core interface to update

Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 08:02:03PM +0200, Nicolas Patrois wrote: Today (07-14-2013), updating intel-microcode completely blocks aptitude (and dpkg as well). Hi, For info, this does not occur using apt-get on a Thinkpad X220. Neil -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Le 14/07/2013 23:17:39, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : I'll need your help to track this down. Please, what are the messages on screen at the time the system gets blocked? # dpkg --configure -a Paramétrage de intel-microcode

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 15/07/2013 14:13:08, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : Please run these as root: find /sys/devices/system/cpu -noleaf -type f -path '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/microcode/reload' # find /sys/devices/system/cpu -noleaf -type f -path '/sys/devices/ system/cpu/cpu*/microcode/reload'

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Le 15/07/2013 14:13:08, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : Please run these as root: find /sys/devices/system/cpu -noleaf -type f -path '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/microcode/reload' # find /sys/devices/system/cpu -noleaf -type

Bug#716917: Re : Re : Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 15/07/2013 15:43:24, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com a écrit : I have three cores. What’s this line supposed to do? OK, this line is supposed to write 1 in each pseudo-file. I just tried one and the console hangs (neither ^C nor killal work to kill it). Where can I see if 1 or 0 is in this

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 15/07/2013 16:52:01, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : So, does it work? Or does it hang? It hangs. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P : Non... Une carte bleue

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
retitle 716917 some old kernels may hang in D state when per-core update is triggered severity 716917 important affects 716917 amd64-microcode summary 716917 0 thanks On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Le 15/07/2013 16:52:01, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : So, does

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Le 15/07/2013 15:43:24, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com a écrit : I have three cores. What’s this line supposed to do? OK, this line is supposed to write 1 in each pseudo-file. I just tried one and the console hangs (neither ^C nor killal work

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread nicolas . patrois
Le 15/07/2013 18:30:05, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : It is a trigger, it causes the kernel to take action when you write 1 to it. It doesn't have any meaningful contents. And if writing to it hangs, it is because of a kernel bug. OK, so what can I do to stop this? I can’t install,

Bug#716917: Re : Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, nicolas.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Le 15/07/2013 18:30:05, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : It is a trigger, it causes the kernel to take action when you write 1 to it. It doesn't have any meaningful contents. And if writing to it hangs, it is because of a kernel

Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-14 Thread Nicolas Patrois
Package: intel-microcode Version: 1.20130222.5 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Today (07-14-2013), updating intel-microcode completely blocks aptitude (and dpkg as well). When aptitude tries to configure the package, the process stops and does nothing. ^C does not kill it, I must kill it

Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-14 Thread Holger Levsen
control: severity -1 serious On Sonntag, 14. Juli 2013, Nicolas Patrois wrote: Today (07-14-2013), updating intel-microcode completely blocks aptitude (and dpkg as well). When aptitude tries to configure the package, the process stops and does nothing. ^C does not kill it, I must kill it with

Bug#716917: intel-microcode: Configuring the package completely blocks apt

2013-07-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Nicolas Patrois wrote: Today (07-14-2013), updating intel-microcode completely blocks aptitude (and dpkg as well). When aptitude tries to configure the package, the process stops and does nothing. ^C does not kill it, I must kill it with killall and remove the lock file