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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Dag Nygren <dag@newtech.fi>
Cc: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>,
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Subject: Re: Devfs strangeness in 2.4.18 
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Dag Nygren writes:
> > Also check that you don't have bogus entries in your dev-state
> > area. Mandrake had some configuration problems a few months back.
> 
> Yess!!!
> That's what did it, removing the sg? and st? entries from /lib/dev-state
> did the trick. There were some oldies ghosting there. Thanks a lot 
> Richard, I didn't even know that there was a dev-state directory to
> look for ;-).

I've added an item to the FAQ about this.

> Is there any comprehensive documentation on devfsd and devfs
> anywhere on the net? Could be good to read a bit more about this.

Have you not looked at the FAQ?

				Regards,

					Richard....
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