latest update to FC3-test1 hoses the system

[Richard Hally]

Mike Klinke wrote:

>On Thursday 02 September 2004 11:31, Nave, Ronald wrote:
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>>I just finished updating my system this morning and now find that
>>modprobe generates a segmentation fault when I boot up
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>>As a result I can not load drivers for CD rom , floppy disk , 
>>ethernet card , or USB memory sticks .
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>>The system boots up , but there is no way to load new files onto
>>the system to undo the mess I have gotten into.
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>>It looks like I may have to reformat and start over.
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>Several of us have run into the same problem.  What worked for me 
>was to boot up, navigate to the /var/cache/yum/development/packages 
>directory, rollback to the previous version of module-init-tools:
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>rpm -Uvh --oldpackage module-init-tools-3.0-2.i386.rpm
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>and in my case I rebooted into the earlier kernel 2.6.8-1.535 and 
>everything came back alive.  I haven't looked around to see if 
>there's still any broken glass and scratches but I'm back to where 
>I can play again.
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>Regards, Mike Klinke
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Does anyone know if this problem ever got fixed? ?
Thanks,
Richard Hally