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Dadi wrote: |
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> Hi again, |
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> Is there a way I can get rid of devfs? I do not find it usefull at all. |
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> The bigget problem is when I plug my pda in the usb and ttyUSB does not |
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> get created. Also, the oss device does not get created. |
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> However, gentoo came with it, so I am stuck with it. |
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> Can I unmerge it and revert to minor, major access mode?(this is the |
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> desired way of things for me) |
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> If so, how can this be done?(I know I tried gentoo nodevfs some time ago |
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> and things got bad) |
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> Thanks in advance, |
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> Dadi |
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Yes.... |
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in your boot manager add: gentoo=nodevfs |
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That will end the use of devfs on the next boot. Before you do reboot, chek |
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your /etc/fstab and make sure it's pointing to /dev devices and not devfs |
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devices. If fstab points to a devfs device and you reboot, it could hang |
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the computer... |
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Once it boots, from a console, run: man MAKEDEV, Figure out which options |
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you want and then move to /dev and run MAKEDEV with your options set and... |
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You are in. You may have to create the odd device or add a missing symlink |
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or two. Other than that, it's all painless and far, far more reliable that |
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devfs or udev will ever be... |
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You should also stop hotplug and remove it from the startup scripts... it's |
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not used anymore. |
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For more information on makeing devices under /dev see the kernel |
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documentation... it's all detailed there... |
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Cheers. |
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