Arch Linux

Description:

After upgrade, including new versions of mkinitcpio-busybox & kernel26, failure during boot. The following is hopefully a correct transcription of the error given:


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:: starting udevd:...
done.
/init: export: line52: **** : bad variable name # Random characters at '****', different each time
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init not tainted 2.6.33-ARCH #1
Call trace:
[<ffffffff81357c8b>] panic+0x82/0x14a
[<ffffffff81056dd5>] do_exit+0x835/0x870
[<ffffffff8103175d>] ? do_page_fault+0x15d/0x320
[<ffffffff8105709d>] do_group_exit+0x4d/0xb0
[<ffffffff81057112>] sys_exit_group+0x12/0x20
[<ffffffff81009f02>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

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Downgrading mkinitcpio-busybox to the previous version and reinstalling kernel26 gives a successful boot. (This solution was found by trial-and-error, after first attempting downgrades of kernel and mkinitcpio packages instead.)



Full record of the packages upgraded at the same time, from /var/log/pacman.log:

[2010-05-09 15:22] synchronizing package lists
[2010-05-09 15:22] starting full system upgrade
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded diffutils (2.9-2 -> 3.0-1)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded emacs (23.1-5 -> 23.2-1)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded gamin (0.1.10-1 -> 0.1.10-2)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded gob2 (2.0.16-1 -> 2.0.17-1)
[2010-05-09 15:26] warning: /etc/inittab installed as /etc/inittab.pacnew
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded initscripts (2010.01-1 -> 2010.05-3)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded kernel26-firmware (2.6.33.3-1 -> 2.6.33.3-2)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded mkinitcpio-busybox (1.16.1-1 -> 1.16.1-2)
[2010-05-09 15:26] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.6.3-1 -> 0.6.4-1)
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> ----------------
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2010-05-09 15:27]
[2010-05-09 15:27] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2010-05-09 15:27] ==> Building image "default"
[2010-05-09 15:27] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.33-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Begin build
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-05-09 15:27] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-05-09 15:27] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2010-05-09 15:27] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.33-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Begin build
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2010-05-09 15:27] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-05-09 15:28] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-05-09 15:28] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.33.3-1 -> 2.6.33.3-2)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.33.3-1 -> 2.6.33.3-2)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded libgsf (1.14.16-1 -> 1.14.18-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded libgsf-gnome (1.14.16-1 -> 1.14.18-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded libtasn1 (2.5-1 -> 2.6-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded libusb1 (1.0.6-1 -> 1.0.8-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded pdfedit (0.4.3-1 -> 0.4.4.1-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded rtkit (0.6-2 -> 0.7-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded wxgtk (2.8.10.1-7 -> 2.8.11-1)
[2010-05-09 15:28] upgraded xterm (256-1 -> 258-1)