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littleman
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 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:52 am Post subject: Hotplug won't start-forgot to use SYSCTL in kernel[solved] |
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I've emerged Hotplug but when I type
# /etc/init.d/hotplug start
it says that CONFIG_HOTPLUG hasn't been enabled for this kernel
but I DO have CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y set in my kernel :p
Any idea what's the pb here?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Check your config and kernel again.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Kernel & Hardware.
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General setup --->
[*] Support for hot-pluggable devices
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littleman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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I DO have CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y set in my kernel
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Raistlin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
| littleman wrote: | | I DO have CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y set in my kernel |
sorry, again  do you actually use a kernel that has been compiled with CONFIG_HOTPLUG, or is it just your .config file that has this option set?
cheers, R.
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littleman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:45 am Post subject: |
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well, I'm using the kernel for which I used that .config if that's what you mean :p
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Raistlin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:09 am Post subject: |
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yes, that's what I meant...
please post your
and | Code: | | cat /usr/src/linux/.version |
cheers, r.
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littleman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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Linux koala 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 #4 Thu Jul 21 13:12:30 CEST 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
| Code: | | cat /usr/src/linux/.version |
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Does that help ?
Funny thing, but where is the code for hotplug?
I did
| Code: | | find /usr/src/linux -name *hotplug* |
and I just see files for pci-hotplug
does that mean that my sources do not contain the code for hotplug???????????
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Raistlin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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that's normal - there does not exist a file called hotplug.
Actually the init script /etc/init.d/hotplug only checks whether the file | Code: | | /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug |
is present. Because you get an error, I assume you won't find it manally either.
So, you _do_ have a problem with your kernel config...
You may post your .config file - maybe we see something.
Cheers, R.
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littleman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Problem solved 
when you told me to check the file
/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
I noticed that it wasn't there...so I checked my .config AGAIN, and I added SYSCTL support.
Now it's working. But I couldn't see anywhere that SYSCTL was a requirement for hotplug...
anyway, thanks a lot for your help ;op
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Raistlin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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glad it works now.
| Quote: | config SYSCTL
bool "Sysctl support"
---help---
The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing
certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring
a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary
interface consists of a system call, but if you say Y to "/proc
file system support", a tree of modifiable sysctl entries will be
generated beneath the /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the
files in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this
option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB.
As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
limited in memory.
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I told you the config was broken )
(how to acces /proc/sys/XXX without a populated directory  )
cheers, R.
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