Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267981AbTGTTqI (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:46:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268019AbTGTTqI (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:46:08 -0400 Received: from 24-216-225-11.charter.com ([24.216.225.11]:6580 "EHLO wally.rdlg.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267981AbTGTTqC (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:46:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:01:02 -0400 From: "Robert L. Harris" To: Ivan Gyurdiev Cc: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: 2.6-test1 startup messages? Message-ID: <20030720200102.GE20163@rdlg.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ivan Gyurdiev , Linux-Kernel References: <20030720140035.GC20163@rdlg.net> <3F1AD2AA.9010603@cornell.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+JUInw4efm7IfTNU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F1AD2AA.9010603@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2452 Lines: 76 --+JUInw4efm7IfTNU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes I am using devfs and it's working with the exact same config under 2.4.21 without the errors. Thus spake Ivan Gyurdiev (ivg2@cornell.edu): > Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > > I just converted a box to 2.6-test1. I've installed the=20 > > module-init-tools > >per another thread on the list. Spread throughout the startup messages > >of the system (Debian Unstable) are messages that read: > > > >FATAL: Module /dev/tts not found > >FATAL: Module /dev/tts not found > >FATAL: Module /dev/ttsS?? not found > >FATAL: Module /dev/ttsS?? not found > > > >looking at /dev/tty* I have /dev/tty, /dev/tty0-tty63. There is no > >/dev/ttyS0 (serial console) or tts*. > > >=20 > Are you using devfs? > I get the same messages with devfs. > Looking up a /dev file that does not presently exist > or have a corresponding module results in the above warnings. > At boot time, on a redhat distro pam_console_apply tries to lookup > the devices specified in /etc/security/console.perms, which causes a=20 > zillion warnings for me. The question is - are those warnings to correct= =20 > way to handle a devfs lookup of a nonexisting device. I don't remember=20 > getting warnings under 2.4. Maybe I did, and just didn't notice (but I=20 > doubt it). They're certainly annoying and I don't like them. >=20 > P.S. Not a kernel developer - just a tester :) >=20 >=20 :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu=20 DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. Diagnosis: witzelsucht =09 IPv6 =3D robert@ipv6.rdlg.net http://ipv6.rdlg.net IPv4 =3D robert@mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net --+JUInw4efm7IfTNU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/GvT+8+1vMONE2jsRAroQAJ9Zt4EZ0De2byU9IjOuu6bMO1yfRwCg0MPz qFupR8qvlzRyWXp6MMiFGpo= =l1w7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+JUInw4efm7IfTNU-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/