On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 09:07:17PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 19:42 +0100, ael wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Version: 3.0.0-3 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: upstream > > > > > > Regression in the ark3116 (perhaps interaction with usbserial). > > > > The hardware is a USB ->serial port converter. > > It was last used on this machine running debian testing in December > > 2011. It ran successfully with the debian kernel at that time. > > Please can you test with an older kernel package (they are still > available from <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/>) to > verify that this is definitely a difference between kernel versions.
I have just downloaded and attempted to install linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-26lenny1_i386.deb I selected that on the basis of the timestamp in the snapshot pool. As anticipated, dependency hell started: dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-26lenny1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.26-2-686. (Reading database ... 181698 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (from linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-26lenny1_i386.deb) ... Could not find mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird. at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst line 234, <STDIN> line 9. Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-26lenny1) ... Running depmod. Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version 2.6.26-2-686 on running kernel 3.0.0-1-686-pae in mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (--install): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 I guess that I could use some of the -force switches, and I should be able to get grub2 to load the kernel, but I am not sure about the rest without of lot of time and effort. Any suggestions for a better way, or a better kernal test? I am not sure that a sort of manual git-bisect on the debian kernels is feasible given my limited time and bandwidth away from home. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110905093537.GC3214@elf.conquest
