From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 Description of problem: When running rpm -Uvh on dev-3.3.12-1.i386.rpm, the utility fails with the following error: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /dev/snd/controlC0;40aa819b: cpio: mknod failed no such file or directory. I initially got this failure in the middle of an up2date of 15 or so pcakages. Since then the system has not been able to run the window system, and will only come to level 3 partway - no network. If I set it to come up to level 5, the graphics splash screen comes up (Nvidia), then screen blanks and returns to the graphics splash screen again - repeat for effect until bored... I can force it to level 3 and manually start the network and ssh. My guess - due to the mknod failed error, is something to do with permissions, perhaps with files already on the box. But then I am a Solaris guy - learning the deper meanings of life.... The box I am working on is a Dell Precision 450 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dev-3.3.12-1.i386.rpm How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. up2date dev - fails with nondescript error 2. rpm -Uvh dev - better (?) errors 3. Actual Results: errors as described above: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /dev/snd/controlC0;40aa819b: cpio: mknod failed no such file or directory. Expected Results: dev should have updated and the world be rosy Additional info:
This looks like something you'd really be better off going through support for, presuming you have an up to date entitlement. https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/
IIRC, this is a failure of mknod(2) when using devfs. Are you using devfs?
Closing due to inactivity. If this issue still occurs with current releases, please reopen and set the release in which you've encountered the problem.