Tag Archives: debian

udevadm trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured (workaround)

Posted on 2 March 2017 by stuff writer

Today I fixed an unbootable ubuntu installation: it said: lvmetad is not active yet It then dumped to an initramfs shell, in which lvm pvs reported nothing but errors.  /proc/partitions showed nothing that looked like the root filesystem. Running udevadm … Continue reading →

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Compiling Netgear Firmware

Posted on 23 April 2013 by stuff writer

Having ranted about Netgear’s terrible support for their old stuff, I have finally managed after many moons to recompile the software they provide, so that I can brick my router.  The trick is to do the compiling as root on … Continue reading →

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Compiling deb with debian/rules in parallel

Posted on 15 March 2012 by stuff writer

Make supports parallel compiling, with the Linux kernel compile recommending you make use of your expensive CPU cores something like this: make -j 4 You can even do that if you don’t have a multiprocessor system, since you have a … Continue reading →

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