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

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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