[Gllug] 'Ran out of input data' when booting a new kernel (FC4)

[Martin A. Brooks]

Paul Rayner wrote:
> Any ideas what's causing the boot failure or how to fix it?

That error indicates that your kernel is incomplete - i.e. the file on 
disk does not contain as much compressed data as expected.
>
> Also, now that the PC is booting again, ssh will not start. 
> /var/log/secure says:
>
> Oct  3 04:45:56 localhost sshd[2021]: Received signal 15; terminating.
> Oct  3 04:47:57 localhost sshd[2023]: Server listening on :: port 22.
> Oct  3 04:47:57 localhost sshd[2023]: error: Bind to port 22 on 
> 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
> Oct  3 04:53:49 localhost sshd[2843]: error: Bind to port 22 on 
> 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
> Oct  3 04:53:49 localhost sshd[2843]: fatal: Cannot bind any address

There's something already listening on port 22.  You'll need to find out 
what it is.  Perhaps, for reasons best known to yourself, your computer 
is trying to start ssh twice?

> are these two problems likely to be related?

No.

> Access to this PC isn't easy (remote, lives headless in a cupboard), 
> and I'd really like to avoid a re-install if practical :s


Neither of these problems should require a reinstall to sort out.

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