External HDD (vfat) being mounted ro after pacman -Syu update

Hi all,
I just updated my laptop using pacman -Syu which didn't throw up any errors, but now my external hard drive mounts as Read Only when I plug it in.
I'm using Gnome desktop. This hard drive has worked fine for months. If I add 'rw' to the volume options field, it comes up with "unknown option" or "invalid option" (can't remember which) when I plug the drive in.
The drive is formatted vat (so I can use it on Windows too) and I can mount it manually fine. What's changed with the update that makes it mount ro?
Any help would be great

Didn't know where to find that - thanks
[2008-04-30 14:21] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-30 14:21] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded aspell (0.60.5-2 -> 0.60.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded pixman (0.9.6-1 -> 0.10.0-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded cairo (1.4.14-1 -> 1.6.4-1)
[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded glib2 (2.16.2-1 -> 2.16.3-1)
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[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded dbus (1.1.20-2 -> 1.2.1-1)
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[2008-04-30 14:53] upgraded libsmbios (0.13.10-1 -> 2.0.2-1)
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[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded evolution-data-server (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded filezilla (3.0.9.1-1 -> 3.0.9.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gail (1.22.0-1 -> 1.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gcalctool (5.22.0-1 -> 5.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gtksourceview2 (2.2.0-1 -> 2.2.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gedit (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded glib-perl (1.162-1 -> 1.182-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded glibmm (2.16.1-1 -> 2.16.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gnome-desktop (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded gnome-menus (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded libgweather (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:54] upgraded libwnck (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-panel (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gucharmap (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libgtop (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libnotify (0.4.4-1 -> 0.4.4-2)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-applets (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded gnome-settings-daemon (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
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[2008-04-30 14:55] ----
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[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> To do so, add 'fuse' to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> Without this module, GVFS will not be compatible with applications that
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==> are not GIO-enabled.
[2008-04-30 14:55] ==>
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[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded libbeagle (0.3.5-1 -> 0.3.5.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:55] upgraded nautilus (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-control-center (2.22.0-3 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-mount (0.7-1 -> 0.8-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-session (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-speech (0.4.18-1 -> 0.4.19-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-terminal (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gnome-volume-manager (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.3-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded neon (0.27.2-1 -> 0.28.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:56] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.6-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded mono (1.9-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded gtk-sharp-2 (2.12.0-2 -> 2.12.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded gtk2-perl (1.162-1 -> 1.182-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded hunspell (1.2.1-2 -> 1.2.2-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded icu (3.8-1 -> 3.8.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded imagemagick (6.3.8.0-2 -> 6.4.0.9-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded kdelibs (3.5.9-2 -> 3.5.9-3.1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-ipw-power.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/wireless-ipw-power.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] warning: /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ac97-powersave.conf installed as /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ac97-powersave.conf.pacnew
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded laptop-mode-tools (1.35-2 -> 1.41-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libdvdnav (0.1.10-2 -> 0.1.10-3)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libepc (0.3.4-2 -> 0.3.5-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libnetworkmanager (0.6.5-1 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded libnl (1.0pre6-1 -> 1.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded lsof (4.78-1 -> 4.79-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded networkmanager (0.6.5-3 -> 0.6.6-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded pstoedit (3.45-1 -> 3.45-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] NOTE:
[2008-04-30 14:57] This package has been built with java support.
[2008-04-30 14:57] If you want java features for runtime, you can either use:
[2008-04-30 14:57] 1. Sun's JRE.
[2008-04-30 14:57] 2. Java-gcj-compat and gcc-gcj.
[2008-04-30 14:57] you will need it for "help" section and some java based wizards
[2008-04-30 14:57] for further reading: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wik … Office.org
[2008-04-30 14:57]
[2008-04-30 14:57] The en_US spellchecker is no longer included. A separate pkg is now
[2008-04-30 14:57] available. Use "pacman -S openoffice-spell-en" to install it.
[2008-04-30 14:57]
[2008-04-30 14:57] use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde" or
[2008-04-30 14:57] use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome" to preset your desired look,
[2008-04-30 14:57] or put it in /etc/profile, rc.local, or ~/.bashrc.
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded openoffice-base (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.0-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded pycairo (1.4.0-3 -> 1.4.12-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded seahorse (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded tar (1.19-2 -> 1.20-2)
[2008-04-30 14:57] upgraded totem-plparser (2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58]
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> Totem has been built with GStreamer. By default, only plugins from
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-base are installed.
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> To play additional media formats, more plugins are available from
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins, gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg packages.
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==>
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> There's also a xine build of Totem available, install totem-xine instead
[2008-04-30 14:58] ==> of this package if you want xine to play your media files.
[2008-04-30 14:58]
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded totem (2.22.0-2 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded vino (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded wget (1.11-1 -> 1.11.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded xine-lib (1.1.10-1 -> 1.1.12-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded yelp (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)
[2008-04-30 14:58] upgraded zenity (2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.1-1)

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After the failure message i put roots password and i got dropped to a shell, if i try to find the root partition (eg. ls /dev/sda) gives an error cause it sda doesnt exists.
If i edit rc.sysinit with a livecd and remove the fsck part i get a few diferent errors, some about partitions not being found and similar stuff. In my little knowledge of linux it ooks to me like it doesnt load the sata module or somethig...
I copy here the pacman.log file, i remember that the update was a huge one, around 400 Mbytes if i remember correctly:
[2009-05-30 22:20] synchronizing package lists
[2009-05-30 22:21] starting full system upgrade
[2009-05-30 22:23] synchronizing package lists
[2009-05-30 22:23] starting full system upgrade
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded alacarte (0.11.10-1 -> 0.12.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded kernel-headers (2.6.27.6-2 -> 2.6.29.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded tzdata (2009f-1 -> 2009g-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] warning: /etc/locale.gen installed as /etc/locale.gen.pacnew
[2009-05-30 23:29] Generating locales...
[2009-05-30 23:29] es_ES.UTF-8... done
[2009-05-30 23:29] es_ES.ISO-8859-1... done
[2009-05-30 23:29] es_ES.ISO-8859-15@euro... done
[2009-05-30 23:29] Generation complete.
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded glibc (2.9-4 -> 2.10.1-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded alsa-lib (1.0.19-1 -> 1.0.20-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.19-1 -> 1.0.20-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded binutils (2.19.1-1 -> 2.19.1-3)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded geoip (1.4.5-1 -> 1.4.6-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gcc-libs (4.3.3-1 -> 4.4.0-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded libdrm (2.4.9-1 -> 2.4.11-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded libgl (7.4.1-1 -> 7.4.2-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded mesa (7.4.1-1 -> 7.4.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded wxgtk (2.8.9.2-1 -> 2.8.10-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded amule (2.2.4-1 -> 2.2.5-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded x264 (20090216-1 -> 20090416-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded avidemux (2.4.4-2 -> 2.4.4-3)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded bin86 (0.16.17-3 -> 0.16.17-4)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gmp (4.2.4-1.1 -> 4.3.1-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded coreutils (7.2-1 -> 7.4-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded dbus-core (1.2.4.4permissive-1 -> 1.2.14-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded glib2 (2.20.1-1 -> 2.20.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded bluez (4.37-1 -> 4.39-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gstreamer0.10 (0.10.22-1 -> 0.10.23-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.22-1 -> 0.10.23-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base-plugins (0.10.22-1 -> 0.10.23-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded brasero (2.26.1-2 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded policykit (0.9-7 -> 0.9-9)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded consolekit (0.3.0-3 -> 0.3.0-5)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded cpio (2.9-3 -> 2.9-5)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded curl (7.19.4-1 -> 7.19.5-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded dbus (1.2.4.4permissive-1 -> 1.2.14-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded dcron (3.2-3 -> 3.2-4)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded dhcpcd (4.0.12-1 -> 5.0.4-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded dmapi (2.2.9-1 -> 2.2.10-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded docbook-xml (4.5-1 -> 4.5-2)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gconf (2.26.0-3 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gnome-desktop (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded gdbm (1.8.3-5 -> 1.8.3-6)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded sqlite3 (3.6.13-1 -> 3.6.14.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded python (2.6.1-1 -> 2.6.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:29] upgraded eog (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded epiphany (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded poppler (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.7-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded poppler-glib (0.10.6-1 -> 0.10.7-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded evince (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded libsoup (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded evolution-data-server (2.26.1.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded ffmpeg (20090217-1 -> 0.5-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded file (5.00-1 -> 5.03-2)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded file-roller (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded findutils (4.4.0-1 -> 4.4.1-2)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gcalctool (5.26.1-1 -> 5.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] installed ppl (0.10.2-2)
[2009-05-30 23:30] installed cloog-ppl (0.15.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gcc (4.3.3-1 -> 4.4.0-2)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gtksourceview2 (2.6.1-1 -> 2.6.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gedit (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded glproto (1.4.9-1 -> 1.4.10-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gnome-games (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded whois (4.7.33-1 -> 4.7.33-2)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gnome-nettool (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded policykit-gnome (0.9.2-3 -> 0.9.2-4)
[2009-05-30 23:30] upgraded gnome-panel (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gnome-power-manager (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.1-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded vte (0.20.1-1 -> 0.20.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gnome-terminal (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gtk-engines (2.18.1-1 -> 2.18.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gnome-themes (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gnome2-user-docs (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gparted (0.4.4-2 -> 0.4.5-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad (0.10.11-1 -> 0.10.12-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libraw1394 (1.3.0-2 -> 2.0.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed libusb1 (1.0.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libdc1394 (2.0.3-1 -> 2.1.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libdvdread (0.9.7-2 -> 4.1.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libdvdnav (0.1.10-3 -> 4.1.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded neon (0.28.3-2 -> 0.28.4-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed liblrdf (0.4.0-6)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.11-3 -> 0.10.12-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-good (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libavc1394 (0.5.3-2 -> 0.5.3-3)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libiec61883 (1.1.0-1 -> 1.2.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed libcaca (0.99.beta16-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-good-plugins (0.10.14-1 -> 0.10.15-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.11-1 -> 0.10.11-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gtkhtml (3.26.1.1-1 -> 3.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gucharmap (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libarchive (2.6.2-1 -> 2.7.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] NOTE
[2009-05-30 23:31] ----
[2009-05-30 23:31] Add your user to group 'camera' to use camera devices.
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libgphoto2 (2.4.4-1 -> 2.4.6-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gvfs (1.2.2-1 -> 1.2.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded gzip (1.3.12-4 -> 1.3.12-6)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded jfsutils (1.1.13-1 -> 1.1.14-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libsndfile (1.0.19-1 -> 1.0.20-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded sox (14.2.0-2 -> 14.2.0-3)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed ilmbase (1.0.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed openexr (1.6.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded libpng (1.2.35-1 -> 1.2.36-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded qt (4.5.0-5 -> 4.5.1-3)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed xine-lib (1.1.16.3-3)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed phonon (4.3.1-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed clucene (0.9.21b-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed exiv2 (0.18-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed strigi (0.6.4-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed soprano (2.2.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed xdg-utils (1.0.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed kdelibs (4.2.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed kdebase-runtime (4.2.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed fftw (3.2.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed libofa (0.9.3-2)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed tunepimp (0.5.3-6)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed kdemultimedia (4.2.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] installed polkit-qt (0.9.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:31] upgraded k3b (1.0.5-2 -> 1.66.0alpha2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:32] upgraded qt3 (3.3.8-10 -> 3.3.8-11)
[2009-05-30 23:32] upgraded kdelibs3 (3.5.10-2 -> 3.5.10-3)
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> ----------------
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2009-05-30 23:32]
[2009-05-30 23:32] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2009-05-30 23:32] ==> Building image "default"
[2009-05-30 23:32] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.29-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Begin dry run
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Generating module dependencies
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2009-05-30 23:32] ==> SUCCESS
[2009-05-30 23:32] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2009-05-30 23:32] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.29-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Begin dry run
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2009-05-30 23:32] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2009-05-30 23:33] :: Generating module dependencies
[2009-05-30 23:33] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2009-05-30 23:33] ==> SUCCESS
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.29.2-1 -> 2.6.29.4-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded klibc (1.5.15-1 -> 1.5.15-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded klibc-extras (2.5-2 -> 2.5-3)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded klibc-kbd (1.15.20080312-8 -> 1.15.20080312-9)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded klibc-module-init-tools (3.5-1 -> 3.5-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded klibc-udev (141-1 -> 141-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded libdownload (1.3-1 -> 1.3-3)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded libgsf (1.14.12-1 -> 1.14.13-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded libsasl (2.1.22-7 -> 2.1.22-8)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded lsof (4.81-1 -> 4.82-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded lzo2 (2.02-3 -> 2.03-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded man-pages (3.20-2 -> 3.21-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded metacity (2.26.0-1 -> 2.26.0-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded mlocate (0.21.1-1 -> 0.22-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded mplayer (28347-4 -> 29318-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded mtools (4.0.10-1 -> 4.0.10-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded nautilus (2.26.2-1 -> 2.26.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded net-tools (1.60-13 -> 1.60-14)
[2009-05-30 23:33] * relogin or source /etc/profile.d/openoffice.sh
[2009-05-30 23:33] * see http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openoffice
[2009-05-30 23:33] how to use extensions, e.g. for spell checking
[2009-05-30 23:33] see /opt/openoffice/share/extension/install what
[2009-05-30 23:33] is shipped with this package
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded openoffice-base (3.0.1-1 -> 3.1.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded openoffice-es (3.0.1-1 -> 3.1.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20090405-1 -> 20090509-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded pango (1.24.1-1 -> 1.24.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded pidgin (2.5.5-2 -> 2.5.6-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded tcp_wrappers (7.6-8 -> 7.6-9)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded portmap (6.0-2 -> 6.0-3)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded ppp (2.4.4-7 -> 2.4.4-8)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded procps (3.2.7-5 -> 3.2.8-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded psmisc (22.6-2 -> 22.7-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded pycairo (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.4-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded pygobject (2.16.1-1 -> 2.18.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded python-gdata (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded python-nose (0.10.4-3 -> 0.11.0-1)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded python-numpy (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.0-2)
[2009-05-30 23:33] upgraded rsync (3.0.5-1 -> 3.0.6-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded seahorse (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded seahorse-plugins (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded sysfsutils (2.1.0-4 -> 2.1.0-5)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded syslinux (3.75-4 -> 3.80-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded sysvinit (2.86-4 -> 2.86-5)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded tomboy (0.14.1-1 -> 0.14.2-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded transmission-gtk (1.42-1 -> 1.60-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded unrar (3.9.1-1 -> 3.9.3-1)
[2009-05-30 23:34] upgraded usbutils (0.81-1 -> 0.82-1)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded vlc (0.9.9a-1 -> 0.9.9a-4)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded wireless_tools (29-2 -> 29-3)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded xfsprogs (3.0.0-1 -> 3.0.1-1)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded xkeyboard-config (1.5-1 -> 1.6-1)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded xorg-server-utils (7.4-5 -> 7.4-6)
[2009-05-30 23:35] upgraded xorg-server (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.1.901-1)

[SOLVED] Black screen after kernel boot after pacman -Syu

Hi, after full system upgrade with pacman -Syu, I get after the kernel boot black screen and everything is freezing. Then need to manually shut down the power button!
Normally when my system starts up after the kernel boot I get straight to the command line terminal login.
Can anybody help me how to fix this? Any clues? Any advice is welcome!
The problem is solved by downgrading to kernel 3.6.11.-1
Many thanks for the help from the people on #archlinux !
Last edited by OpenEye (2013-01-29 05:14:04)

jasonwryan wrote:
Please stop bumping your thread: use the edit button
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … te#Bumping
What have you done about the errors being printed to your logs? You could start by fixing the network error and the broken udev rule...
Are you still using intiscripts? They are no longer supported: https://www.archlinux.org/news/end-of-i … s-support/
# edit: not a pacman issue, moving to Newbie Corner
I have searched for many hours and days for solutions on the internet and forums, tried some things, but with no results! I don't know how to fix the errors! Do you know how to fix that? I'm a total n00b! I'm doing my best as I can! Need help, thanks!

[SOLVED] After pacman glibc update, cannot find command bash?

A few days ago I ran into a problem after running pacman -Syu that ended up with an unbootable system. I found this topic that ultimately solved the kernel panic-
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1127251
All that was needed was a symlink "/lib" to point to "/usr/lib"
My system now almost boots but luckily I can now get a to a shell (zsh). The problem is that I can not run bash, and various other tools- including my desktop environment and pacman.
I have checked my $path, and have verified that I have the binary file "/usr/bin/bash" and a symlink in /bin/bash to point to that binary file, which does exist...
% ls -l /bin/bash
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 24 23:43 /bin/bash -> /usr/bin/bash
% ls -l /usr/bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 738008 Mar 13 00:47 /usr/bin/bash
But when I try to start a bash shell or run a script
% bash
zsh: command not found: bash
% pacman
zsh: command not found: pacman
% /usr/bin/bash
zsh: no such file or directory /usr/bin/bash
% cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello World"
% ./test.sh
zsh: ./test.sh: bad interpreter: /bin/bash: no such file or directory
I hope i was thorough enough in providing information about my system, but please let me know if there's anything else I left out that may be able to help.
Thanks so much!
[SOLVED]- Ended up mounting my system from a live install cd, and copying over each bash binary in my system with the live media's binary.
Last edited by OrangeCrush (2013-05-25 06:38:43)

If it has only been a few months, that thread should have nothing to do with what you are experiencing. That problem stemmed from when the filesystem was actually changed from having /lib as an actual directory to /lib as a symlink to /usr/lib. Oh the problems that caused. For me it went perfectly smooth... well I did have to search for and rid /lib of extraneous unowned files, but it was smooth after that.
You say though that you did not have a /lib symlink when you checked, and then you created it? This is odd, as that is part of the filesystem package and therefore a tracked file. Maybe you should start by reinstalling the filesystem package just to make sure that the necessary components of the filesystem are all in order before proceeeding.
BTW, you should really update more often than every "few months" as that is what using a rolling release is all about. Also if you don't update very often still, never update the database (-Sy) without also updating the system (-Syu) as this will lead to partial upgrades, which can severly break your system. So never do "pacman -Sy <package>" as that is the equivalent of doing just a "pacman -Sy" and then continuing on your merry way. Big changes are in the air right now around these parts, so keeping your system up to date is probably going to be crucial in making subsequent updates as pain free as possible (we are heading towards the final /bin -> /usr/bin move!).

Computer freezes after pacman -Syu

Did a pacman -Syu and then rebooted after some programs did not work. When rebooting I get
************FILESYSTEM CHECK FAILED****************
* Please repair manually and reboot. Note that the root *
* file system is currently mounted read-only. To remount *
* it read-write: mount -n -o remount,rw / *
* When you exit the maintenance shell the will *
* reboot automatically. *
checked drives with fsck and get
/dev/sda3 : Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while reading block 1545
/dev/sda3 : Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read reading journal superblock
/dev/sda3 : Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while checking ext3 journal for /dev/sda3
sda is my second drive for backups and documents/music/photos
sdb is the root/boot/swap drive
I commented out /dev/sda3 in fstab and arch booted up but got to the last line which is starting kde??(don't know for sure cause it scrolls by so fast) and then I get a black screen with a steady cursor. I cannot ctl+alt+ anything to get to a tty or out of that screen. So I cannot check any logs or files and I don't know what to do now when the only thing I have been able to do is restart the computer and the same thing happens all over.
I guess I need to get a bootable cd (live cd) to get arch up and try to get a terminal to find problems. But reading the instructions for live cd it appears that I have to be in arch first. I am borrowing a windows computer to get on the internet and research. How can I burn a live arch cd in a windows system?
Or is there something else to try??

I'll bet that skottish will kindly ask you to not cross post and direct people to your other post: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65113

Rc.sysinit screwed after pacman -Syu

Early today I made a pacman -Syu. There where only 2 packages to upgrade, and I went go on (I couldnt find those packages specified in pacman.log. It only says "Full system upgrade". How can a know those?) Couldnt find anything in the forums regarding this as well.
I do remember too, that one of those give and output after upgrading saying that inittab (I think) and rc.conf were installed as inittab.pacnew and rc.conf.pacnew
The thing is that when I booted again this afternoon, the booting process launched handful of errors on different lines of /etc/rc.sysinit, all of them of "command not found". Now the login prompt says "(none) login:", my keyboard layout changed to default, home is not mounted, etc...
How can I debug this?
Thanks in advance!

^ the same situation as above, and like you figured it to be Bash. (The segmentation fault errors don't show up when "quiet" is in the kernel boot line.) But with the hostname as "none" the filesystem is read-only; how did you downgrade it? Or rather, how does one downgrade a package on a mounted filesystem via the Arch Live CD such as /mnt/root? ... I guess a dirty use of "cp" would be required if not possible with pacman...
Last edited by Skyalmian (2011-03-01 07:23:31)

PLZ HELP!! Strange issue after pacman -Syu

after running pacman -Syu and updating all, my system simply doesn't recognize any modules, and when I try to load them by modprobe <modu name> I receive a FATAL msg, even the hostname is set to (none) after reboot, I cant even get into menuconfig and now after some commands, the hdd starts reading (I don't know what) like crazy, and the system go all slow, I have no idea of what went wrong

RDDO wrote:after running pacman -Syu and updating all, my system simply doesn't recognize any modules, and when I try to load them by modprobe <modu name> I receive a FATAL msg, even the hostname is set to (none) after reboot, I cant even get into menuconfig and now after some commands, the hdd starts reading (I don't know what) like crazy, and the system go all slow, I have no idea of what went wrong
menuconfig? are you using a custom compiled kernel? perhaps this is the source of your problems?

System "broken" after pacman -Syu

Hi there,
I ran a pacman -Syu today, without reading the news, so I didn't ignore filesystem and glibc. Now the system is totally broken, cannot initiate new ssh sessions, and commands like ls or pacman, or everything I tried so far except cd gives the following error:
bash: /usr/bin/ls: No such file or directory
The system is not yet upgraded to systemd, I was about to do it after this system upgrade.
I realize this is bleeding edge, not bleeding flat, so I should bring my own parachute, but I have no idea how to fix this.

ewaller wrote:
That is so 2012
You might try this
Also, look at this article
Note that you cannot chroot in as you will have the same problem in a chroot environment.
Thank you for the suggestions. I tried it, and made things worse. When booting it says:
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/[uuid] ...
Error device /dev/disk/by-uuid/[uuid] not found.
Skipping fsck
Error unable to find root device /dev/disk/by-uuid/[uuid].
You are being dropped to a recovery shell, type "exit" to try and continue booting.
sh: can't access tty, turning job control off.
Very same on the fallback as well.
The strangest thing is, that the recovery shell does not respond to keyboard, while GRUB, and the BIOS did.

Tablet not working after pacman -Syu

Hi,
I recently did a pacman -Syu, and then after restarting my computer, X would not start, telling me that the driver for my tablet couldn't open the device. doing 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices' comes up with the following entry:
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=5543 Product=0005 Version=0100
N: Name="UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:0f.0-3/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event1 ts1
B: EV=f
B: KEY=c01 0 3f0001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=303
B: ABS=100000f
which is more or less the same as it was before the update. however /dev/input/event1 no longer exists, and trying to point the driver to the other two handlers comes up with the same error.
since the number after event changes from boot to boot, I had been using the following udev rule to make a symlink called /dev/tablet:
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{serial}=="0000:00:0f.0", KERNEL=="event*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="tablet"
The tablet is a Genius MousePen 8x6, I'm using the wizardpen driver, which is in the aur (I am actually the maintainer.)
I'm not terribly knowledgeable about udev, which to me it sounds like is at the root of the problem, so I'm at a bit of a loss.
any help would be appreciated.

I removed the 'NAME="%k"' from my udev rule and the device is now showing up, but I'm still getting the same error when I try to start X. I've considered the possibility that the driver simply isn't compatible with the latest version of xorg, but downgrading just the xorg-server package results in an xserver which won't start on account of not being able to use any of the drivers, so I'm having trouble verifying this. how do I go about figuring out exactly which other packages need to be downgraded to make the previous version of xorg-server work?

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