errors in the boot process. devfs related

falcon_za · Last edited by falcon_za on Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:37 pm; edited 1 time in total

here is a part of the messages showing up during my boot process. there are a couple of error out there, and I am not sure what they mean. It doesn't seem to afect the way my computer works, but still, I'd prefer to get rid of them.

forgotten1 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

Possible fixes.

Remove devfs. Strange boot message

Rebuild your kernel. Error message I don't know how to fix

Something else needs to be (re)emerged. Kernel 2.6.9 and Nvidia 6111 [SOLVED]

Let me know if any of these help.

ChevyBowtie · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

If you have included devfs support in your kernel, you can deactivate it in the bootloader configuration: add gentoo=nodevfs as a kernel parameter

That fixed it for me.

falcon_za · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:

If i compile my kernel without "Automatically mount at boot" for devfs as recomended by the gentoo documentation, it does indeed take out those ugly error messages, but then X freezes on startup (before login manager).

if I use the gentoo=nodevfs kernel parameter, but leave "Automatically mount at boot" compiled in my kernel, it removes the ugly messages, and does not cause isues to X.

So I could consider that everything is fine, but this troubles me. and especialy, I'd like to take this out of my kernel, since this is supposed to be "the right way".

I can use my system as is, but since i don't know why removing devfs support makes X crash, I am afraid it might start to do it again later, after an upgrade or something. So if anyone knows what is the problem, I'd be glad to hear about it.

tiscali · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 15 Location: Finland

I have also similar messages showing up during my boot process (kernel is 2.6.11-gentoo-r4) but i didn't found way how to get rid of them. I compiled my kernel without "Automatically mount at boot" for devfs but it doesn' indeed take out those ugly error messages. I've also tried, gentoo=nodevfs as a kernel parameter in grub.conf but this gives mer fsckxt3 error while booting and i had to go boot with livecd and get grub.conf as it is before. Any advices how to get rid of those action_compat, error calling unlink etc. messages while booting ?

zbindere · Guru Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 356 Location: Switzerland

same problem here with 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 kernels. any suggestions?
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