On 15:03 Fri 09 Dec , Grant wrote: > > > I just updated my laptop from 2.6.11-hardened-r14 to > > > 2.6.14-hardened-r1 and I'm having a couple of strange problems. > > > During bootup, I get a message saying that my system doesn't seem to > > > support devfs or udev. Once it is booted, I can't use a terminal in > > > X. xterm won't start and "terminal" starts but doesn't display a > > > prompt. Does anyone know what's going on here? > > > > I am assuming you _have_ upgraded to udev, as support for devfs has > > been removed from recent kernels? > > > > -Richard > > I need to update my remote server with this new kernel which means I > need to update that server to udev as well. Are there any special > precautions to take into consideration when moving a remote system > from devfs to udev? > > - Grant > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > Hi, Think not. Just read the doc about remote kernel upgrade. There's such on gentoo-wiki.com. Essential is to configure Grub to fallback to your old kernel in case of failure. Bad that latest kernels (IIRC >=2.6.13/14) don't have devfs anymore (or is hidden). HTH.Rumen
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