Renamed: Broken system switching from udev to eudev

[1clue]

Edit: Renamed from Unbootable trying to install i3wm

Hi,

I had a working command line system this afternoon, it's unbootable now.

I was trying to install i3 window manager on a previously non-X setup. I got to the point where I tried to startx, and the i3 initial configuration dialog pops up but there's no keyboard or mouse.

I was following http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml and found something going into a systemd directory, and freaked. I replaced udev with eudev by removing udev and then adding eudev and then rebooting, which in hindsight was kinda stupid. System stuck:

* Waiting for uevents to be processed ...

I found this thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-966786-start-0.html

I booted off the installer CD, chrooted and started following the instructions in the above thread, rebooted after the first post and still stuck. I did it all again and started blindly typing crap into the terminal. Got to the part where ssuominen says I shouldn't delete /usr/lib/systemd (already did it) and so I did equery uses /usr/lib/systemd and re-emerged all that with -va1 to get it back.

Still waiting for uevents to be processed.

At this point I'd love to get a booting system but would rather do it with eudev if possible.

Thanks.

[DawgG]

this maybe a stab in the dark but once one of my systems was stuck at this same

[1clue]

Worth a try, but no good. I just did that on the box, been sitting at that message since yesterday, and while it accepted the carriage return it's not going further.

This IS related to nvidia since I have a GTX-260 and the nouveau driver though.

Thanks for the message.

[psva00]

I think I've seen this problem before with ATI drivers. The machine was booting fine, but the graphics were loading at this point, and since they were not configured properly, it just stopped displaying anything else.

If sshd is running on the machine, give it a few seconds to boot, then try to connect to confirm this. Otherwise, I would chroot again and check your kernel/Xorg configs. What graphics card and driver (open/proprietary) are you using?

[1clue]

I'm pretty sure the problem is because I incorrectly switched from udev to eudev. The system was booting before that, even getting into i3 window manager but with no mouse or keyboard.

sshd is installed and should be running, but it's not that far into the boot process.

The easy solution would be to reinstall, but I'm trying to take NeddySeagoon's advice and "fix anything."

If somebody knows a trick about switching from udev to eudev post-install then I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks.

[khayyam]

1clue ...

this 'waiting for uevents to be processed' is probably due to {e,}udev nolonger supporting firmware loading, as I remember there are other threads with this exact same issue and the solution is to use EXTRA_FIRMWARE or CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL ... at least thats as much as I can remember ... a search for 'uevents' should provide more details.

HTH & best ... khay

[psva00]

I don't know if Nvidia does this, but the open source ATI drivers require firmware blobs built into the kernel. I swear this is the same issue I saw, and though it may look like the system isn't finishing booting, I'll wager it does, it's just that your display is not working. Let it boot and try to SSH. Then you can go rebuild your kernel with the firmware blobs added.

Eg...if you're using the radeon open source driver: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware

[1clue]

Ok now at least I know what to search for.

Thanks

[1clue]

OK so I got it booting again, but no network now.

I used to have the 'predictable' network names, and they worked.

Now I have no network.

As a bit of extra info, I can create:

[augustin]

Can you guys document what you can, here?
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eudev
Thanks.

[1clue]

I might if I knew anything about it, but my system is broken precisely because I don't know anything about it.

[augustin]

Have you fixed your system?
How?