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dermartn
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: udev error - /etc/issue text [solved] |
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hello *,
i have a new installed system. everything works fine so far, but i get an error text of udev after booting. it is placed in the /etc/issue. even if i change the issue file to my issue file, it is getting changed to the error text from udev, after reboot.
i can´t find an error or missing file in /dev like the "udev error text" says...
anybody got an idea?
thanks
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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I remember seeing this before, but I don't remember the solution.
It would really help if you actually posted the error text in question.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like you didn't correct the original problem because once you overwrite /etc/issue you should ostensibly see that msg no more. In my case I had to copy /dev to some tmp area and IIRC just delete the tmp area afterward. I don't remember the exact steps but they didn't make any sense, however once I followed the instructions and put the old issue file back I didn't get any more complaints from udev. |
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nixnut
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Other Things Gentoo.
not about getting gentoo installed, so moved here.
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dermartn
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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thats the text i get from udev:
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Your system seems to be missing critical device files
in /dev ! Although you may be running udev or devfs,
the root partition is missing these required files !
To rectify this situation, please do the following:
mkdir /mnt/fixit
mount --bind / /mnt/fixit
cp -a /dev/* /mnt/fixit/dev/
umount /mnt/fixit
rmdir /mnt/fixit
You may refer to these instructions at /etc/issue.
If you previously had an issue file, it has been
backed up at /etc/issue.devfix. Once you've fixed
your system, you will have to restore your old issue
file in order to get rid of this warning.
Thanks for using Gentoo ! :)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40987
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i did follow the instructions given in the text, but it didn´t seem to work. after changing the text, i get back the udev text after rebooting. |
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embobo
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem. Try this:
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mkdir /mnt/fixit
mount --bind / /mnt/fixit
find /mnt/fixit/dev -type f
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That should give no results. In my case it gave /mnt/fixit/dev/null because on a previous boot the character device file did not exist and something redirected to /dev/null, thereby creating a file. When I subsequently did the "cp -a /dev/* /mnt/fixit/dev/" it wasn;t fixed because that file was there already.
IMHO the instructions should be
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mkdir /mnt/fixit
mount --bind / /mnt/fixit
rm -rf /mnt/fixit/dev/*
cp -a /dev/* /mnt/fixit/dev/
umount /mnt/fixit
rmdir /mnt/fixit
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but there is no way I'm going to actually lobby for it. I'm sure the Gentoo Wizards have a better way.
Edit: Actually the comment in the bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40987#c55 talks about the exact problem I had and the one you may be having. The bug is resolved so it must be user error. |
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dermartn
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:04 am Post subject: |
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thanks embobo,
after using your instructions everything is alright now in the /dev section 
thanks a lot.
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: Fixing /dev with information in bug 40987 |
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Will the solution for fixing /dev work in a chroot enviroment?
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40987
are there other ways to solve this issue?
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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What are you trying to fix?
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm getting this message from /etc/issue:
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Your system seems to be missing critical device files
in /dev ! Although you may be running udev or devfs,
the root partition is missing these required files !
To rectify this situation, please do the following:
mkdir /mnt/fixit
mount --bind / /mnt/fixit
cp -a /dev/* /mnt/fixit/dev/
umount /mnt/fixit
rmdir /mnt/fixit
You may refer to these instructions at /etc/issue.
If you previously had an issue file, it has been
backed up at /etc/issue.devfix. Once you've fixed
your system, you will have to restore your old issue
file in order to get rid of this warning.
Thanks for using Gentoo ! 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40987
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This complains that the files exist .
I can't login to the console.
thanks,
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, and following the advise in that message doesn't work? How did you setup your chroot? Normally simply unpacking a recent stage file will populate /dev afaik. Though I usually simply mount -o bind /dev /mnt/chroot/dev
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I boot the machine. I can't login through the console. I login via ssh. Copy paste those commands, reboot and still can't login through the console and still get the error from the console /etc/issue.
Let me know if I'm not providing you enough information, I haven't been here in a while.
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Uhm, wait... you login to another machine with ssh? Where does the chroot come in?
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry.
I have done it in a chroot environment as well as booting the machine and ssh'ing to it.
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Give the modified instructions above a try.
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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I tried as requested, (with the system booted not in livecd) I still can't use the console.
Any other thoughts?
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps boot the offending machine with a livecd, extract a stage file into a temporary location and copy the dev nodes from there to the /dev on of the root partition of that machine. Otherwise, I'm out of ideas too. You could try to search the forums with 'critical rectify situation'
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jmarcus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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I tried that and used cp -a /mnt/gentoo/root/tmp/dev* /mnt/gentoo/dev/
I was kind of surprised that didn't work. Its pretty much the same right?
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nixnut
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, should be just the same. No ideas anymore. sorry 
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