I would recomment going for unstable since it is much more stable than testing nowadays IMO. Update to latest kernel and udev and live happily.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:38 PM > To: debian > Subject: packages meltdown > > I'm using testing and debian has got itself in a bad way now. > > I upgraded several packages 3 days ago and have been trying > to sort it out since - I think the offending packages may be > udev or libusb. > > I also added a line for usbfs /proc/bus/usb to my fstab. > > I subsequently lost my sound driver, my ability to open shell > consoles in X, my CPU thermometer and various bits of gnome. > My /dev/null is set to the wrong permissions on boot too. > > I read some other people were having issues with udev here: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/04/msg00631.html > > so I decided to try to downgrade my udev to v0.79 (I can't > deinstall it, gnome is dependent on it) but I can't find udev > 0.79 anywhere to do that (either on any website or via > package manager such as aptitude (no other versions > available) or synaptic (the option is disabled for reasons I > can't fathom)). > > So I'm stuck. I can't figure out how to fix it and I'm > wondering why I am using the testing distro after all. > Perhaps I should downgrade my whole system to sarge? Or > perhaps just reinstall testing? > > I'd be v. grateful for any realistic advice at this point. > > Thanks > > Adam > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >