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ralvy
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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: 2.6.14-r5 and devfs/udev [SOLVED] |
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I find that when I go from 2.6.12-r10 to 2.6.14-r5, my boot complains about my needing the kernel to support devfs and udev. But I did a
using the .config that was used to build 2.6.12-r10, and that older kernel works fine. What might I be doing wrong here?
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dgaffuri
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Nothing wrong. You should use udev _or_ devfs. Anyway devfs is no more supported by kernels >= 2.6.13, so you may migrate to udev or (never tried this but should work) just keep your static /dev fs and set
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in /etc/conf.d/rc. Depending on your current version, you may have to upgrade baselayout to see that option (don't remember when it was introduced, look at /sbin/rc to see if the variable is used).
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ralvy
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Thanks. Using your advice, I emerged udev and then changed my xorg.conf file to point to
instead of
Now all is fine. |
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