[solved] Errors in ugrading to kernel26-2.6.38.5-1, Opera involved?

Question

While upgrading kernel to kernel26-2.6.38.5-1 i get some error messages and some Opera related output.
Opera related output is like this:
:: Generating module dependencies
This script installs Opera 11.00 build 1156 for Linux on x86_64.
Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved.
Options:
--text Select plain-text user interface.
--unattended Ask no questions. Implies --text.
The --prefix option becomes mandatory.
--quiet Ask no questions and don't show progress.
Implies --text.
--prefix /P Specify installation directory. Opera will be
installed into /P/bin, /P/share and /P/lib.
--user Install for the current user. Default for non-root.
Alias for --prefix /root/.local.
--system Install for everybody. Default for root.
Alias for --prefix /usr/local.
--suffix S Append -S to the names of installed files and
directories. This allows to install several
versions of Opera side by side.
--force Ignore all kinds of errors and try to continue.
--repackage R Special mode for package maintainers. Extract files
into the staging directory R as if it were the
installation prefix, but prepare them to be
installed under the actual prefix. In this mode, no
finalizing actions, such as registration of menu
entries, are performed. Sanity checks are disabled.
Implies --unattended.
--version Show Opera version.
--help Show this message.
and this repeats many times and ends with errors:
This script installs Opera 11.00 build 1156 for Linux on x86_64.
Copyright (c) 1995-2010 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved.
Options:
--text Select plain-text user interface.
--unattended Ask no questions. Implies --text.
The --prefix option becomes mandatory.
--quiet Ask no questions and don't show progress.
Implies --text.
--prefix /P Specify installation directory. Opera will be
installed into /P/bin, /P/share and /P/lib.
--user Install for the current user. Default for non-root.
Alias for --prefix /root/.local.
--system Install for everybody. Default for root.
Alias for --prefix /usr/local.
--suffix S Append -S to the names of installed files and
directories. This allows to install several
versions of Opera side by side.
--force Ignore all kinds of errors and try to continue.
--repackage R Special mode for package maintainers. Extract files
into the staging directory R as if it were the
installation prefix, but prepare them to be
installed under the actual prefix. In this mode, no
finalizing actions, such as registration of menu
entries, are performed. Sanity checks are disabled.
Implies --unattended.
--version Show Opera version.
--help Show this message.
WARNING: Couldn't open directory /tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH: No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not open /tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.dep.temp for writing: No such file or directory
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.dep' does not exist
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.alias' does not exist
ERROR: file '/tmp/mkinitcpio.7lAdxO/lib/modules/2.6.38-ARCH/modules.symbols' does not exist
:: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
==> SUCCESS
==> Building image "fallback"
Full output from
pacman -S kernel26
is in http://pastebin.com/TweKjxaA
This is the second machine that i try to upgrade and the first machine had similar output and does not want to boot anymore
What should i do to get kernel to upgrade without errors?
Last edited by mjones (2011-05-09 03:58:07)

Answer 1

I had the Opera binaries untarred to a folder in my path and it seems that somehow Opera interfered with the kernel upgrade. Temporarily renamed the Opera folder (thereby removing it from the path) and kernel upgrade succeeded flawlessly. Case closed