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* Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com> [2004-06-14 19:35]: |
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> Wolfram Schlich wrote: |
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> >* Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@g.o> [2004-06-12 21:09]: |
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> > |
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> >>I need as many people as possible to test (for the Gentoo installer |
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> >>project) the following python script on your system: |
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> >>http://dev.gentoo.org/~npmccallum/detect_devices.py This is especially |
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> >>important if you have scsi, hardware raid, or otherwise funky setups. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> >--8<-- |
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> >[root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$ python detect_devices.py |
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> >Detecting devices... |
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> >Traceback (most recent call last): |
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> > File "detect_devices.py", line 109, in ? |
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> > devices = detect_devices() |
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> > File "detect_devices.py", line 12, in detect_devices |
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> > raise Exception, "sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?)" |
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> >Exception: sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?) |
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> >[root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$ uname -a |
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> >Linux prometheus 2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12 #2 SMP Son Sep 7 11:28:39 CEST 2003 |
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> >i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux |
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> >[root@prometheus(pts/3):tmp]$ |
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> >--8<-- |
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> >?! |
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> |
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> You just answered your own question: |
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> |
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> Exception: sysfs MUST be enabled (are you using kernel >2.6?) |
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> Linux prometheus 2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12 #2 SMP |
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> |
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> The script is being simplified by only supporting 2.6 kernels and their |
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> sysfs interface. |
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Interesting - I didn't get that. |
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I thought maybe it was assuming I was using 2.6 for whatever reason |
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(by mistake) and _therefore_ would need to have sysfs enabled. |
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The scripts output should be clarified regarding that point. |
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