Re: debconf hosed after cold boot and fsck
If you're confident that your disk is now okay, it looks like you should
be able to get away with apt-get -f install debconf, and your pcmcia-cs
packages. This should fix up the stuff that got trashed in Debconf, as
well as the dpkg package database.
Ah, for a journeling filesystem...
M
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:55:23PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
> Well, I've really gone and done it now.
>
> I upgraded pcmcia-cs from unstable and forgot to take the PCMCIA
> card out of the slot before doing so. So, as the warnings said, my
> kernel froze during the upgrade as cardmgr was taken down.
>
> A cold boot and a manual fsck later, dpkg is rife with errors. Here
> are some sample errors, followed by the files in /lost+found. Any
> suggestions for proceeding would be appreciated.
>
> [root@olgas:531]# dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29.
> Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29.
> Use of uninitialized value in length at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 139, <GEN1> line 3.
> Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 49, <GEN1> line 6.
> Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29, <GEN1> line 6.
> Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 77, <GEN1> line 6.
>
> -----/var/lost+found/#45860 follows -----
> Package: pcmcia-cs
> Status: install reinstreq half-configured
> Priority: extra
> Section: base
> Installed-Size: 533
> Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
> Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Config-Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), modutils, psmisc
> Suggests: pcmcia-modules, libxpm4, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4)
> Conffiles:
> /etc/apm/event.d/pcmcia 6a341702ab0d293867215010f2b483d3
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia 424e050086a3bc869093dca0576ff174
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CCFEM556.dat 064309527ab5c6f73f17f99f6b07e471
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CXEM556.dat 51e99ef0d234ea1b455b0555336f7379
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad2.dat 66748ecad364a24ea2150fccb1adbca0
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad4.dat a1b4e46b220b7ecaec0287875f47e549
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/DP83903.dat fb612f42364fd06c46aa936386a79abb
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/E-CARD.dat 3bd542b30f74fb6066b045436e0c70c6
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/LA-PCM.dat bee381e5d148bd073184a5cadfb6c314
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/MT5634ZLX.dat 15bc79fe185e6cc00c888ab6e54a0640
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/NE2K.dat f6092c8b414a94b96e310654cc5cad04
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PCMLM28.dat bc1d913acfd5b8b70a6694bbd48b5795
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE-200.dat b779b33a4a692557517a3e6edf343fb2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE520.dat fb7b7e2d7664771f0c4a1a39cc2efabf
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/RS-COM-2P.dat c9dd2f55d05d86f88cdf52f3e1363da2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/tamarack.dat 90e5c6c2d26d81921e0f8d8c38c355f2
> /etc/pcmcia/config.opts 03b1242472171887224f92ca95ecd40d
> /etc/pcmcia/config 97d15323a22166d49c70ac6d514f440f
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl.opts c6e0cd4d69e56836a6ff071bba8df4c3
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl af805fd6a57f77ace864fe24643a39ed
> /etc/pcmcia/ide.opts 98f615befe89350382037398ef6cd226
> /etc/pcmcia/ide fad802a1eb4cc57656a5dcae090edbb1
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394.opts 2bcfa5b4650abd23d1ddb94b49b8f1f5
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394 f30fb7cf0ade37ca692261aa8099460e
> /etc/pcmcia/memory.opts bd8486017c46fef68ac2ecf597c8e31b
> /etc/pcmcia/memory a7a7acf0fa3ea00613ed2649e6b59e8b
> /etc/pcmcia/network.opts 6c21670b03da76c49731d0129bcabf3f
> /etc/pcmcia/network 3fd4955e8ea9d1fbbd58b225f7461265
> /etc/pcmcia/parport.opts d7a128b7352b136d60935fca3638a4f6
> /etc/pcmcia/parport 89041f80c218454b68c1c0581e29b872
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi.opts 6c45330bd15b2db612d1d12d5682face
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi 983fa0c4829c79222e3f01d690c52897
> /etc/pcmcia/serial.opts 0aeddc41a1acb725dfc382f8d6a35ad8
> /etc/pcmcia/serial 113b36189e9c1ed85f2972efe7d7a73d
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts 57865bf2035117db0f5bc7991d9bf753
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless 2f7f29bddbd8c153d8a6fa80c4a8bed4
> /etc/pcmcia/shared 4382551a929034ca507176b28982c013
> Description: PCMCIA Card Services for Linux.
> PCMCIA cards are commonly used in laptops to provide expanded
> capabilities, such as modems, increased memory, etc. Some desktop PCs
> can accept PCMCIA cards as well, although this is rare.
> .
> Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA support package. It
> includes a set of client drivers for specific cards, and a card
> manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and removal events,
> loading and unloading drivers on demand. It supports ``hot swapping''
> of PCMCIA cards, so cards can be inserted and ejected at any time.
> .
> The actual kernel modules required for this package are contained in
> the pcmcia-modules-<kernel version> package, where <kernel version> is
> the version of the kernel for which the modules have been compiled.
>
> -----/var/lost+found/#45863 follows -----
> Package: pcmcia-cs
> Status: install reinstreq unpacked
> Priority: extra
> Section: base
> Installed-Size: 533
> Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
> Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Config-Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), modutils, psmisc
> Suggests: pcmcia-modules, libxpm4, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4)
> Conffiles:
> /etc/apm/event.d/pcmcia 6a341702ab0d293867215010f2b483d3
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia 424e050086a3bc869093dca0576ff174
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CCFEM556.dat 064309527ab5c6f73f17f99f6b07e471
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CXEM556.dat 51e99ef0d234ea1b455b0555336f7379
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad2.dat 66748ecad364a24ea2150fccb1adbca0
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad4.dat a1b4e46b220b7ecaec0287875f47e549
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/DP83903.dat fb612f42364fd06c46aa936386a79abb
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/E-CARD.dat 3bd542b30f74fb6066b045436e0c70c6
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/LA-PCM.dat bee381e5d148bd073184a5cadfb6c314
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/MT5634ZLX.dat 15bc79fe185e6cc00c888ab6e54a0640
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/NE2K.dat f6092c8b414a94b96e310654cc5cad04
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PCMLM28.dat bc1d913acfd5b8b70a6694bbd48b5795
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE-200.dat b779b33a4a692557517a3e6edf343fb2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE520.dat fb7b7e2d7664771f0c4a1a39cc2efabf
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/RS-COM-2P.dat c9dd2f55d05d86f88cdf52f3e1363da2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/tamarack.dat 90e5c6c2d26d81921e0f8d8c38c355f2
> /etc/pcmcia/config.opts 03b1242472171887224f92ca95ecd40d
> /etc/pcmcia/config 97d15323a22166d49c70ac6d514f440f
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl.opts c6e0cd4d69e56836a6ff071bba8df4c3
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl af805fd6a57f77ace864fe24643a39ed
> /etc/pcmcia/ide.opts 98f615befe89350382037398ef6cd226
> /etc/pcmcia/ide fad802a1eb4cc57656a5dcae090edbb1
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394.opts 2bcfa5b4650abd23d1ddb94b49b8f1f5
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394 f30fb7cf0ade37ca692261aa8099460e
> /etc/pcmcia/memory.opts bd8486017c46fef68ac2ecf597c8e31b
> /etc/pcmcia/memory a7a7acf0fa3ea00613ed2649e6b59e8b
> /etc/pcmcia/network.opts 6c21670b03da76c49731d0129bcabf3f
> /etc/pcmcia/network 3fd4955e8ea9d1fbbd58b225f7461265
> /etc/pcmcia/parport.opts d7a128b7352b136d60935fca3638a4f6
> /etc/pcmcia/parport 89041f80c218454b68c1c0581e29b872
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi.opts 6c45330bd15b2db612d1d12d5682face
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi 983fa0c4829c79222e3f01d690c52897
> /etc/pcmcia/serial.opts 0aeddc41a1acb725dfc382f8d6a35ad8
> /etc/pcmcia/serial 113b36189e9c1ed85f2972efe7d7a73d
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts 57865bf2035117db0f5bc7991d9bf753
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless 2f7f29bddbd8c153d8a6fa80c4a8bed4
> /etc/pcmcia/shared 4382551a929034ca507176b28982c013
> Description: PCMCIA Card Services for Linux.
> PCMCIA cards are commonly used in laptops to provide expanded
> capabilities, such as modems, increased memory, etc. Some desktop PCs
> can accept PCMCIA cards as well, although this is rare.
> .
> Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA support package. It
> includes a set of client drivers for specific cards, and a card
> manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and removal events,
> loading and unloading drivers on demand. It supports ``hot swapping''
> of PCMCIA cards, so cards can be inserted and ejected at any time.
> .
> The actual kernel modules required for this package are contained in
> the pcmcia-modules-<kernel version> package, where <kernel version> is
> the version of the kernel for which the modules have been compiled.
>
> -----/var/lost+found/#45874 follows -----
> Package: pcmcia-cs
> Status: install reinstreq half-installed
> Priority: extra
> Section: base
> Installed-Size: 533
> Maintainer: Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>
> Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Config-Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), modutils, psmisc
> Suggests: pcmcia-modules, libxpm4, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4)
> Conffiles:
> /etc/apm/event.d/pcmcia 6a341702ab0d293867215010f2b483d3
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia 424e050086a3bc869093dca0576ff174
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CCFEM556.dat 064309527ab5c6f73f17f99f6b07e471
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/3CXEM556.dat 51e99ef0d234ea1b455b0555336f7379
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad2.dat 66748ecad364a24ea2150fccb1adbca0
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/COMpad4.dat a1b4e46b220b7ecaec0287875f47e549
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/DP83903.dat fb612f42364fd06c46aa936386a79abb
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/E-CARD.dat 3bd542b30f74fb6066b045436e0c70c6
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/LA-PCM.dat bee381e5d148bd073184a5cadfb6c314
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/MT5634ZLX.dat 15bc79fe185e6cc00c888ab6e54a0640
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/NE2K.dat f6092c8b414a94b96e310654cc5cad04
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PCMLM28.dat bc1d913acfd5b8b70a6694bbd48b5795
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE-200.dat b779b33a4a692557517a3e6edf343fb2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/PE520.dat fb7b7e2d7664771f0c4a1a39cc2efabf
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/RS-COM-2P.dat c9dd2f55d05d86f88cdf52f3e1363da2
> /etc/pcmcia/cis/tamarack.dat 90e5c6c2d26d81921e0f8d8c38c355f2
> /etc/pcmcia/config.opts 03b1242472171887224f92ca95ecd40d
> /etc/pcmcia/config 97d15323a22166d49c70ac6d514f440f
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl.opts c6e0cd4d69e56836a6ff071bba8df4c3
> /etc/pcmcia/ftl af805fd6a57f77ace864fe24643a39ed
> /etc/pcmcia/ide.opts 98f615befe89350382037398ef6cd226
> /etc/pcmcia/ide fad802a1eb4cc57656a5dcae090edbb1
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394.opts 2bcfa5b4650abd23d1ddb94b49b8f1f5
> /etc/pcmcia/ieee1394 f30fb7cf0ade37ca692261aa8099460e
> /etc/pcmcia/memory.opts bd8486017c46fef68ac2ecf597c8e31b
> /etc/pcmcia/memory a7a7acf0fa3ea00613ed2649e6b59e8b
> /etc/pcmcia/network.opts 6c21670b03da76c49731d0129bcabf3f
> /etc/pcmcia/network 3fd4955e8ea9d1fbbd58b225f7461265
> /etc/pcmcia/parport.opts d7a128b7352b136d60935fca3638a4f6
> /etc/pcmcia/parport 89041f80c218454b68c1c0581e29b872
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi.opts 6c45330bd15b2db612d1d12d5682face
> /etc/pcmcia/scsi 983fa0c4829c79222e3f01d690c52897
> /etc/pcmcia/serial.opts 0aeddc41a1acb725dfc382f8d6a35ad8
> /etc/pcmcia/serial 113b36189e9c1ed85f2972efe7d7a73d
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts 57865bf2035117db0f5bc7991d9bf753
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless 2f7f29bddbd8c153d8a6fa80c4a8bed4
> /etc/pcmcia/shared 4382551a929034ca507176b28982c013
> Description: PCMCIA Card Services for Linux.
> PCMCIA cards are commonly used in laptops to provide expanded
> capabilities, such as modems, increased memory, etc. Some desktop PCs
> can accept PCMCIA cards as well, although this is rare.
> .
> Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA support package. It
> includes a set of client drivers for specific cards, and a card
> manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and removal events,
> loading and unloading drivers on demand. It supports ``hot swapping''
> of PCMCIA cards, so cards can be inserted and ejected at any time.
> .
> The actual kernel modules required for this package are contained in
> the pcmcia-modules-<kernel version> package, where <kernel version> is
> the version of the kernel for which the modules have been compiled.
>
> --
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