-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mr. Potato keeps sending me a console message telling me it can't find > module char-major-5, but I don't have any modules compiled with my > kernel, and I can't find any docs telling me anything about this. Can > anybody clue me in about what this is and how to correct this? /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt gives the answer (here from the kernel 2.2.13 source tree): 5 char Alternate TTY devices 0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device 1 = /dev/console System console 2 = /dev/ptmx PTY master multiplex 64 = /dev/cua0 Callout device corresponding to ttyS0 ... 127 = /dev/cua63 Callout device corresponding to ttyS63 (5,1) is /dev/console starting with Linux 2.1.71. See the section on terminal devices for more information on /dev/console. It seem, that your kernel has no support compiled in for these devices... Martin - -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBODqglbCGSMW7I2etAQEqvAQAoXjVyee1yvC07rw49Fd+Jwtd1BUbTGZQ Y5CdMtJix8/B0LxS0eNFrjoFSNfiLISHEASyAccg/eB9aj3HBdjYavOilM0lSRLS 0B2LZhSRhasG7DA6XY0OKuaAovXxb8DCGDvyYiKI4UqryirxEiIpGOd3wCFeh2J1 ADzD++dq1Jc= =7NMD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----