I have a problem where kdm bombs out and restarts if I try logging in as a user, there is no noticeable error in any log either. I reckoned this was after upgrading to the Kraxel aaa_base package. I upgraded --oldpackage to the version on the DVD, but still have the problem. I can login as root from KDM or login as a user by "xterm -e login user &", I'm quite baffled. Regards Sid. Anders Karlsson wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 03:13, Thinker wrote:
Synaptic is showing me an update for aaa_base (from 2003.3.18-2 to 2003.8.16-0). When I tell it to update I get the message that this will require the removal of k_deflt. When I look at the description for k_deflt it says (Installed verson 2.4.20-62 Available version 2.4.20-100 Description... the standard kernel.
Got a few words for you - Don't Do It! The updated aaa_base package lacks mkinitrd, and grabbing the mkinitrd package will not help. The initrd's you get after doing this update will not boot. They lack mount, umount etc. and even if you manage to get those commands onto the initrd, the initrd still is screwed because it doesn't load the lvm module (if you are using LVM that is).
Seems pretty scary to me. I suppose the question is.. is this something I should mess with? Should I upgrade k_deflt before attempting to upgrade aaa_base? Is there a special procedure for this?
It should not need to mess about with your k_deflt, that is for sure.
Regards,