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Re: devfs1.3.10

To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: devfs1.3.10
From: Xuan Baldauf <xuan--reiserfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 11:29:55 +0200
Cc: Jeremy Brown <mee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Richard Gooch wrote:

> Xuan Baldauf writes:
> >
> >
> > Jeremy Brown wrote:
> >
> > > Xuan Baldauf wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Setting "include /etc/modules.conf" in /etc/modules.devfs does not work
> > > > for me. After tracking the problem down, I set the include to the start
> > > > of the file and then it worked.
> > > >
> > > > My system:
> > > >
> > > > SuSE6.3
> > > > Linux desktop 2.4.0-test5 #1 Fri Jul 28 19:12:56 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
> > > > modprobe version 2.3.6
> > > >
> > > > I hope that is enough to indentifiy the real problem source (maybe I
> > > > have a too old or too new modprobe?)
> > > >
> > > > Xuân. :o)
> > >
> > > I have experienced exactly the same behavior on TurboLinux 6.0 with
> > > modutils 2.3.11-1. Do you also see a stream of "Cannot locate module
> > > /dev/<something>" at boot?
> >
> > I do this too, but also when placing "include /etc/modules.conf" to the top
> > of /etc/modules.devfs. But I'm sure this time the remaining problem is
> > somewhere in the init scripts, a process wants to access /dev/xconsole where
> > no xconsole is. I have to track it down.
>
> It was a modutils bug, fixed in 2.3.12.
>
> BTW: I'm on holidays at the moment, so people shouldn't expect any
> replies soon :-)

So have a pleasent time. :o) When you're back, you can tell me, where to place 
the
"include" statement when using modutils 2.3.12. But it works for me, so there is
no real need to change. :o)

>
>
>                                 Regards,
>
>                                         Richard....
> Permanent: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Current:   rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Xuân. :o)



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