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Re: devfs1.3.10

To: Xuan Baldauf <xuan--reiserfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: devfs1.3.10
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:26:42 +0200
Cc: Jeremy Brown <mee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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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 :-)

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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