udevadm trigger is not premitted while udev is unconfigured.

[MegaJim]

you could also try reading this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433710

[Andrux101]

Yess!!! I solved my problem with this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433710

1. Boot LiveCD
2. create /media/newroot/ and mount / on HD to it (in my case/dev/sda5)
Code:
mkdir /media/newroot/
mount /dev/sda5 /media/newroot/
3. chroot to /media/newroot/
Code:
chroot /media/newroot/
4. update and dist-upgrade
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

[SonicLizzz]

Hello, I have this very problem myself, but the solution you guys have come up with is not possible for me to complete, because though I can boot from the Live CD, it will not let me use the root user and I can not find the menu.lst other places. Please help!

[pcwww]

And this commands.. How can I run this commands on the disk where is installed Ubuntu not on the live cd? I cannot change to installation directories. What can i do?

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall udev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
udev
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 325kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main udev 141-1 [325kB]
Fetched 325kB in 10s (31.9kB/s)
(Reading database ... 105940 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace udev 141-1 (using .../archives/udev_141-1_i386.deb) ...
Adding `local diversion of /sbin/udevadm to /sbin/udevadm.upgrade'
Unpacking replacement udev ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up udev (141-1) ...
* Stopping kernel event manager... [ OK ]
* Starting kernel event manager... [ OK ]
Removing `local diversion of /sbin/udevadm to /sbin/udevadm.upgrade'
update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Yes!!! I solved my problem with this method~~~~~THX!!!!!!

[BanannaButt]

Yess!!! I solved my problem with this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433710

1. Boot LiveCD
2. create /media/newroot/ and mount / on HD to it (in my case/dev/sda5)
Code:
mkdir /media/newroot/
mount /dev/sda5 /media/newroot/
3. chroot to /media/newroot/
Code:
chroot /media/newroot/
4. update and dist-upgrade
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

I tried doing this, and I am still struggling with things over here. If you are rather new to Linux (like me), then I might suggest copy-pasting the code in to your terminal by CTRL C and then right-click-pasting in to your terminal. I could never get the

sudo chroot /media/newroot/

to work and got the following message:

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# chroot /media/newroot/
chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

I tried proceeding with the updates only to find the same error once again when booting up.

Grrr. Maybe that's a little too much of an understatement to describe my frustration at Linux right now. Why would you release a buggy kernel update??

[Exvin]

Andrux101's trick did it for me!

As mentioned before, also check out this thread, especially the last post by skrat:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433710

[dealson]

The solution to this problem just worked like magic.
I thought i was going to re-install my os.

Thanks team.
Any one still struggling to have this work, you are probably not yet mounting your /boot partition.
fdisk -l will be of much help for you to determine which partition you should mount.

cheers and thanks team

[seoras]

well the disk in your OP is obviously not present on the system anymore which is why its failing.

as /boot/ seems not to be available i would suggest that your boot or root partitions are not mounted

when in the livecd open up my computer and double click each of the drives to have them mounted, then explore its contents to discover the /boot directory and your root partition (/) (you should see /etc /lib /dev and so forth on the root partition)

when you've found the boot partition (it may be the same as root depending on how you installed ubuntu) make sure that your menu.lst file's topmost ubuntu boot stanza has its root parameter pointing at the root drive.

e.g. at the moment it should say something like

root=UUID=05d79451-0ad0-43fc-9f51-a2c98b4831f2 ro quiet splash

change it to

root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet splash

the quick way to test if this will work is to edit the topmost boot line in grub such that "root=UUID=05d79451-0ad0-43fc-9f51-a2c98b4831f2 ro quiet splash" is "root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet splash"

To do that, boot up the pc then move the highlighted line to the topmost ubuntu entry and hit the 'e' key, then hit the 'e' key on the appropriate line.

Then you should be able to boot the system and we can continue from there.

I have also experienced this problem (udevadmn trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured) and have tried all the suggested fixes in the forum. The one that worked, or at least partially was editing /boot/grub/menu.lst and changing root=UUID=321b1128-2e39-4f8b-a16c-15c361b901b6 to root=/dev/sda5

This at least allowed me to boot the system and get back to work. I have also reinstalled udev, Unfortunately the system still hangs at boot with the message (udevadmn trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured) for a while before eventually booting correctly so the problem has not been fully corrected.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how his can be fixed?

[yoramdavid]

I am having the same problem. At about half way through installing, after downloading all the files needed (after the "apt-get upgrade" command), it tells me not enough space. But there is space, I have 128Mb free on the /boot partition and 1.5 Gb on the /Ubuntu partition. Swap is 1.23 Gb.

I cannot do the initramfs update. It does not work.

With the chroot /media/newroot I get the error "cannot run command '/bind/bash': no such file or directory"

I tried from both a USB drive and from a CD.

Any help is welcome, thanks.

Update:
I realized a "File System" drive (folder (inode/directory) was created during this process which gets out of space.
Location: computer:///, Volume: unknown.
Is there something I am doing wrong?

[Mecasickle]

I'm stilling getting bugged by the chroot error.

I've tried the sudo fdisk -l command, and have rebooted my laptop various times trying with all of the partitions I have (sda1,sda2,sda3), and none of them have a result! It still responds me with :

chroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory

I hate that message ....

Any ideas I'm missing ? ?
Thanks!