On Monday 14 Jan 2002 10:06, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > | > > | > Thanks, this did do the trick! > > | > > | > > | > > | I think something like "msec 3" would also have done the > > trick. > > > | > > Not for devfs. There are still too many things in Mandrake > > | > > that > > are > > > | not > > | > > | > > devfs aware. This is one of them. > > | > > > > | > > Annoyingly enough, initscripts and console-tools (keytable > > | > > init) > > are > > > | two > > | > > | > > more... > > | > > > | > I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out. > > | > > | O.K. new tale of devfs has emerged ... could you explain then how > > can I > > > | run these "incompatible" tools with devfs for half an year ... and > > BTW > > > | how can all 8.1 users do it? > > > > I don't use msec, so I don't know about that, but with all the talk > > of fixing > > our devfs implementation and it's creation of links, this is bound to > > cause > > > problems. > > If you do not use msec and do not know anything about it how can you > state it does not work? > > > You apparently use devfs as provided by Mandrake. I have actually > > changed > > > my > > setup a bit to be more toward the way devfs is supposed to be used. > > I > > don't > > > even use devfsd. I am not starting any "tales", but pointing out a > > problem > > > before it becomes one. > > You obviously do not understand the implications of disabling devfsd > for *distribution* as opposed to your single system. > > -andrej
I don't really want to jump in here as it's getting rather heated. Calm down Andrej. I just want to point out that, regarding your "how can all 8.1 users do it?" question -- 8.1 users were advised soon after its issue to use 'append=" devfs=nomount"' in lilo.conf. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 512MB RAM. Registered Linux User 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586 Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk. KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Up 1 hour 57 minutes. -------------------------------------------------------------------
