ok, here are some more details:
NO, i do not use devfs.
thre is no problem at boot time. /dev directory is where it was supposed
to be. /sbin/ /etc and everything else is OK.
nothing is wrong with /dev directory. everything else WORKS.
just that /dev/console /dev/ttyX and /dev/ttyXX and /dev/vcs* stop
working:
this is what i geT:
root@k:~# cat /dev/console
cat: /dev/console: No such device
root@k:~# cat /dev/tty1
cat: /dev/tty1: No such device
root@k:~# cat /dev/vcs1
cat: /dev/vcs1: No such device or address
what amuse me is that i get different responses ... :-)
also, as far as i can see the major/minor IS ok ... (see below)
-----------------------------------------
/proc/devices
/proc/tty/drivers
/proc/devices is missing one line, the last one:
"unknown /dev/vc/%d 4 1-63 console"
--------------------------------------------
root@k:~# cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyS
5 cua
7 vcs
10 misc
36 netlink
89 i2c
128 ptm
136 pts
162 raw
Block devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
7 loop
22 ide1
root@k:/proc/tty# cat drivers
/dev/cua 5 64-127 serial:callout
/dev/ttyS 4 64-127 serial
pty_slave /dev/pts 136 0-255 pty:slave
pty_master /dev/ptm 128 0-255 pty:master
pty_slave /dev/ttyp 3 0-255 pty:slave
pty_master /dev/pty 2 0-255 pty:master
/dev/vc/0 /dev/vc/0 4 0 system:vtmaster
/dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx 5 2 system
/dev/console /dev/console 5 1 system:console
/dev/tty /dev/tty 5 0 system:/dev/tty
root@k:/proc/tty# cat ldiscs
n_tty 0
root@k:/proc# cd /dev
root@k:/dev# l console
0 crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 Apr 21 1999 console
root@k:/dev# l tty1
0 crw--w--w- 1 root root 4, 1 May 4 12:47 tty1
root@k:/dev# l vcs1
0 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 7, 1 May 6 1996 vcs1
Best regards,
Doru Petrescu
On Sat, 26 May 2001, Doru Petrescu wrote:
>
> starting with kernels 2.4.5-preX I get this at startup:
>
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>
> then none of the /dev/vcs* /dev/tty* doesn't work.
>
>
>
> then i get this in syslog:
> May 26 16:10:19 www modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
>/lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
> May 26 16:10:19 www /sbin/agetty[383]: /dev/tty5: cannot open as standard
>input: No such device
>
> lucky me that this machine is a network server and most (all) of the
> administrative tasks are done via SSH ...
>
> I attache the .config file and the dmesg results and the /proc/pci file ...
>
> i don't understand what is WORNG ... it worked BEFORE ...
> i have " Virtual terminal " and "Support for console on virtual
> terminal " enabled ...
>
> anybody has any idea ?
>
> also i see an "WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail" ... can this be
> the problem ?!?
>
>
> Best regards,
> ------
> Doru Petrescu
> KappaNet - Senior Software Engineer
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX - the choice of the GNU generation
>
>
>
>
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