Hello Marco, hello Michael, On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 03:13:32PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Sep 27, Helge Kreutzmann <deb...@helgefjell.de> wrote: > > > Version: 208-8 > Please upgrade and try again. > > > a) the ppp device is not created. When I run pon, I got an error > Fixed in a more recent version.
Thanks, indeed fixed after the upgrade. > > b) The booting is very slow. I made some "real" screenshots (please > Maybe fixed in a more recent version. No visible change, unfortunately. On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 03:49:25PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 27.09.2014 um 15:07 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: > > Package: udev > > Version: 208-8 > > Severity: normal > > > > A while ago I upgraded to testing. During the upgrade I was informed > > by udev (thanks!!), that my kernel was lacking the prerequisites and > > thus I compiled an appropriate kernel (I only added config option, I > > did not remove any: I put the diff of them below). > > > > The system now boots (I checked, it would not have booted with the > > previous kernel), however, with three artifacts (listed in the order > > of severity): > > > > a) the ppp device is not created. When I run pon, I got an error > > message asking me to mknod the device. I put the following command for > > now in rc.local: > > mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 > > This was a sysvinit specific problem which was fixed in 208-7 and 208-8 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749021 > > See /etc/init.d/udev: make_static_nodes(). > > /bin/kmod static-nodes --format=tmpfiles --output=/proc/self/fd/1 > is supposed to ouput (among others) > > c /dev/ppp 0600 - - - 108:0 > > which is then created by the script. > If that fails for you, I'd suggest you start debugging the sysv init > script by using set -x > > > > b) The booting is very slow. I made some "real" screenshots (please > > excuse the flash). The first shows the lines after which the booting > > stops for >~ 10 seconds: > > http://www.helgefjell.de/data/IMG_4705.JPG > > Before the upgrade there was no notible pause here. > > That might be another sysvinit specific issue, namely > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754987 Looks like it. I'll try the workaround, i.e. adding udev_log="err" in /etc/udev/udev.conf And report back tomorrow. Thanks! Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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