[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions

Shlomi Fish shlomif at shlomifish.org
Mon Jul 23 10:25:28 CEST 2012


Hi Colin,

On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:18:34 +0100
Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
>> OK, I did all that and now I am getting:
> >>
> >> [QUOTE]
> >> installing findutils-4.5.10-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64plymouth2-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64ncursesw-devel-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64ncurses5-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm ncurses-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64dbjava5.1-5.1.29-4.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64ncursesw5-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm lib64ncurses-devel-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
> >> Preparing...                     #############################################
> >>      1/69: filesystem            #############################################
> >> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/lock: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory
> >> error: filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.x86_64: install failed
> >>      2/69: ncurses               #############################################
> >>      3/69: lib64ncurses5         #############################################
> >>      4/69: lib64plymouth2        #############################################
> >>      5/69: plymouth-plugin-label #############################################
> >>      6/69: lib64ncursesw5        #############################################
> >>      7/69: lib64ncursesw-devel   #############################################
> >>      8/69: plymouth-plugin-script
> >>                                  #############################################
> >>      9/69: lib64ncurses-devel    #############################################
> >>     10/69: findutils             #############################################
> >>     11/69: lib64dbjava5.1        #############################################
> >> [/QUOTE]
> >>
> >> And the rest of the packages refuse to install.
> > 
> > OK, I figured out. After I ran as root:
> > 
> > # cd /var
> > # mv lock lock.ol
> > # mv run run.old
> > 
> > It was fixed and I was able to install the "filesystem" package and the rest
> > of the packages. However, something like that should not happen.
> 
> 
> Well, this should have been done for you. Did you already have
> run.runmove~ and lock.lockmove~ folders in /var?
>

I don't believe I had those.
 
> If so then I suspect something is killing the symlinks.
> 
> I did have this problem initially too because the
> mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service file would actually delete the
> symlinks and then some other system (perhaps systemd-tmpfiles) actually
> recreated the /var/run and /var/lock folders.
> 
> In the latest version of the dracut script I ensured that I disabled
> that script by deleting the service file.
> 
> Can you double check that rebooting again doesn't "reconvert" the links
> back to dirs for /var/run and /var/lock because if so, then there could
> be some other "cleaning" config somewhere that I've missed.
> 

After a reboot /var looks like this:

[QUOTE]
shlomif at telaviv1:~$ ls -l /var
total 92
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jun 27 13:13 agentx
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 cache
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 db
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 empty
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root  4096 Jun 28 05:07 games
drwxr-xr-x 56 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 lib
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 local
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    11 Jul 22 19:41 lock;500c2d1c -> ../run/lock
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    11 Jul 22 19:41 lock;500c2d38 -> ../run/lock
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    11 Jul 22 19:46 lock;500c2e50 -> ../run/lock
drwxrwxr-x  4 root uucp  4096 Jul 16 04:02 lock.old
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root  4096 Jul 22 20:18 log
drwx------  2 root root 16384 Sep 12  2011 lost+found
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    10 Jul 22 19:48 mail -> spool/mail
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 nis
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 22 20:16 nmbd
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 opt
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 preserve
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Jul 23 11:01 run
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     6 Jul 22 19:47 run;500c2e9e -> ../run
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root  4096 Jul 22 19:38 run.old
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 spool
drwxrwxrwt  4 root root  4096 Jul 22 22:49 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 Jul 17 14:47 www
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jul 21 21:22 yp
[/QUOTE]

BTW, I should note that right now after a few reboots, I am getting these
symtoms:

1. I cannot run pm-suspend as user "shlomif", only as root.

2. On X, I am getting a frequent and random "The password you entered is
incorrect [CLOSE]" dialogues which I have to click through.

3. Running startx as user "shlomif" gives me:

<<<
xauth:  file /home/shlomif/.serverauth.2718 does not exist

Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
>>>

How can I fix these issues?

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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