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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] hibernate... /bin/echo: write error: No such device
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:40:12
Message-Id: YuHM0VkkbraTauvH@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] hibernate... /bin/echo: write error: No such device by Adam Carter
1 On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 08:57:35AM +1000, Adam Carter wrote
2 > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 7:53 AM Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
3 >
4 > > One of the last few items on the laptop setup. I emerged hibernate
5 > > and copied over the /etc/hibernate/ directory from my desktop. When I
6 > > try to hibernate the laptop, I get...
7 > >
8 > > [thimk][root][~] hibernate
9 > > /bin/echo: write error: No such device
10 > >
11 >
12 > Is the device there?
13
14 I get the exact same diagnostic output as you. My interpretation is
15 not about the existance of "/bin/echo". I wonder if a script says
16 something like...
17
18 /bin/echo "something" > /sys/fubar
19
20 ...and /sys/fubar is missing. The error message is not helpful.
21
22 --
23 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
24 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications