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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #807306
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 807306

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [oneiric] Keyboard & mouse not working in X

Ok, nevermind my post #22. A bit more digging has revealed the problem is this:

upgrade base-files 2011-07-08 01:23:13 6.3ubuntu2 6.3ubuntu4

There is a plan to transition from /var/run to /run, according to this plan:

  http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory

However, base-files 6.3ubuntu3 got uploaded prematurely, thus beginning the transition before other packages were updated to follow suit.

Guessing the guilty commit to be this one:

base-files (6.3ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/1777-dirs: remove /var/lock (replaced by /run/lock on tmpfs)
  * debian/directory-list: remove /var/run and /var/lock, add /run
  * debian/postinst.in: replace references to /var/run with /run

 -- Scott James Remnant <email address hidden> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:33:06 -0400

Presumably downgrading your base-files to version 6.3ubuntu2 or other version prior to this commit will restore your system to working behavior.