Xuan Baldauf writes:
>
> Hello,
For future reference, please note the devfs mailing list is at:
devfs@oss.sgi.com
Please use this instead next time.
> I just installed devfsd-1.3.9-1mdk.i586.rpm onto a fresh SuSE 6.3
> system with linux-2.4.0-test2-ac2, devfs enabled, and found out, that
> at first, some virtual consoles are not registered. I got following in
> the syslog:
>
> ...
> Jul 2 10:06:08 notebook2 mingetty[171]: /dev/vcs6: No such file or
> directory
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 mingetty[188]: /dev/vcs4: No such file or
> directory
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 mingetty[190]: /dev/vcs2: No such file or
> directory
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 mingetty[191]: /dev/vcs3: No such file or
> directory
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 init: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled
> for 5 minutes
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 init: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled
> for 5 minutes
> Jul 2 10:06:09 notebook2 mingetty[193]: /dev/vcs4: No such file or
> directory
> ....
>
> notebook2:/dev # dir vcc
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 .
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 ..
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 0 Jan 1 1970 0
> crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Jan 1 1970 1
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 10 Jan 1 1970 10
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 2 Jan 1 1970 2
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 128 Jan 1 1970 a
> crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 129 Jan 1 1970 a1
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 138 Jan 1 1970 a10
> crw------- 1 root root 7, 130 Jan 1 1970 a2
> notebook2:/dev #
>
> When I switch with Alt+3 to the third console, after some time, the
> entry /dev/vcc/3 (and /dev/vcs3) appears, and then it works. But,
> because even when using devfsd as "compatibility manager", there are
> failures (no immediate access to other virtual consoles), I suppose
> that this is a bug.
The /dev/vcc/* devices don't appear until the corresponding /dev/vc/*
device has been opened. It looks like mingetty has a bug: it's looking
for the vcc device before the vc device. It really shouldn't do that.
Regards,
Richard....
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Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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