[Mageia-dev] M3 beta - where to report problems?

Sun Apr 7 15:25:34 CEST 2013

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+On 04/04/13 17:12, Frank Griffin wrote:
+> On 04/04/2013 10:59 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
+>> Not much progress.  My usual method of editing the kernel line to
+>> get a level 3 boot doesn't work - same blank (but lit) screen.
+>> Failsafe appears to be doing better - at least I can see
+>> messages.  It reaches
+>> 
+>> Reached target Multi-User Reached target Graphical Interface
+>> 
+>> and there it sticks.  Does that give any clue as to what is
+>> failing, and what I need to do to rescue the system?
+>> 
+> Boot a rescue disk and mount your root partition.  In 
+> /etc/systemd/system you should see a symlink like:
+> 
+> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   36 Mar 29 11:00 default.target -> 
+> /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target
+> 
+> Just remove this and re-symlink to
+> /lib/systemd/system/runlevel3.target and you should get a level 3
+> boot.
+
+I finally screwed things up altogether, to the point where it was
+easier to start afresh.  Half way through the install it says
+
+"An error occurred:
+ERROR: 'script' failed for
+dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-10.mga3.nonfree.i586"
+
+Hitting OK results in the installation appearing to complete (exactly
+as it happened last time).  Last time I updated during the install -
+this time I didn't.  For both occasions, the next step is to go to MCC
+and install additional sources, then update.  On this second occasion
+I was careful to omit all Testing sources - I had included them the
+first time.  The update appeared to complete satisfactorily, with the
+expected warning to Reboot.  However, the package listing window had
+remained on screen throughout the process, and briefly showed again
+the list of packages for updating - after a couple of seconds the
+package list window showed empty, with Quit available.
+
+On rebooting there was a good deal of disk activity light flickering,
+but a completely black screen.
+
+What is the most useful thing, to you, the developers?  If you want me
+to troubleshoot you will need to give me fairly precise instructions.
+ Similarly, if you want me to file a bug report, please indicate which
+version and package it should be against.
+
+If you don't see any value in this, I'll simply re-install M2.
+
+Anne
+
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