On 2006/11/19 00:22, khym@azeotrope.org wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 09:20:40PM -0600, Tim & Alethea Larson wrote:
>> Upgraded my Q840 from 2.1 to 3.1.  Unpacked kernel, rebooted, unpacked 
>> base, comp, man, text, and xcomp, rebooted.  Now I cannot login.  I get 
>> this after entering a username:
>>
>> schroeder login: in openpam_configure(): No required or binding 
>> component in service login, facility auth
>> login: pam_start failed
>> schroeder login: pam_start failed: system error
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Sounds like you also need to update your /etc. postinstall will do it for
> you--boot into single-user mode, mount your filesystems read-write, unpack
> the etc.tgz from 3.1 into a temporary directory, then run 
> postinstall -s /path/to/temporarydir -d / fix

For a brief explanation of what happened to you, see the section
"Compatibility Issues With Previous NetBSD Releases" in the INSTALL docs for 3.1.

HTH,
Mark