Hello,
I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.
I get this message ? mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -5 ?
and then ? unable to open an initial console ? What's this ? What does
? err: -5 ? mean ?
I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error message
? unable to open an initial console ?
Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs
compiled in and it run very well for 7 months ;-)
What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the compilation ?
I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !
Thanks a lot to someone who can help me ;)
Hey ! Sorry for my poor english but i'm a native french speaker ;)
On Sep 22, 2004, at 22:57, Madnux wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.
>
> I get this message ? mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -5
> ? and then ? unable to open an initial console ? What's this ? What
> does ? err: -5 ? mean ?
>
> I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error message
> ? unable to open an initial console ?
>
> Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs
> compiled in and it run very well for 7 months ;-)
>
>
> What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the
> compilation ?
>
>
> I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !
I think you are running one of the latest udev snapshots from RawHide,
and it erased some important device nodes from your "/dev" directory. I
guess you'll need to run /sbin/makedev to recreate the missing devices
files.
Sorry but i'm not running udev !
I've run /sbin/MAKEDEV but it doesn't work anymore.
I still get "Unable to open an initial console"
I don't understand what's wrong ...
Felipe Alfaro Solana a ?crit :
> On Sep 22, 2004, at 22:57, Madnux wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.
>>
>> I get this message ? mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err:
-5 ? and then ? unable to open an initial console ? What's this ? What
does ? err: -5 ? mean ?
>>
>> I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error
message ? unable to open an initial console ?
>>
>> Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs
compiled in and it run very well for 7 months
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the
compilation ?
>>
>>
>> I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !
>
>
>
> I think you are running one of the latest udev snapshots from
RawHide, and it erased some important device nodes from your "/dev"
directory. I guess you'll need to run /sbin/makedev to recreate the
missing devices files.
On Sep 23, 2004, at 23:02, Madnux wrote:
> Sorry but i'm not running udev !
That's the problem... FC3T2 is supposed to use udev.
>
> I've run /sbin/MAKEDEV but it doesn't work anymore.
How? What commands did you run?
>
> I still get "Unable to open an initial console"
Please, check if /dev/console exists. I guess this special chardev is
missing.