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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2002 6:20 pm    Post subject: errors in devfs registrar Reply with quote

While having taking a closer look to my startup of the pc with dmesg I have found this
Code:

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Freeing unused kernel memory: 212k freed
Adding Swap: 530136k swap-space (priority -1)
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.17, 10 Jan 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0a.0
3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
00:0a.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0x6800. Vers LK1.1.16
devfs_register(1): could not append to parent, err: -17
devfs_register(a1): could not append to parent, err: -17
devfs_register(1): could not append to parent, err: -17
devfs_register(a1): could not append to parent, err: -17


so how can I get rid of this errors and where do they come from ?
What details should I supply yet for this ?
Thorsten
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2002 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no one so far that knows how I can deal with the above errors ?
any tips how to investigate this ?

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2002 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also have some of these message with my nvidia driver (which works flawlessly)

found site http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html:
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Strange kernel messages
You may see devfs-related messages in your kernel logs. Below are some messages and what they mean (and what you should do about them, if anything).

* devfs_register(fred): could not append to parent, err: -17
You need to check what the error code means, but usually 17 means EEXIST. This means that a driver attempted to create an entry fred in a directory, but there already was an entry with that name. This is often caused by flawed boot scripts which untar a bunch of inodes into /dev, as a way to restore permissions. This message is harmless, as the device nodes will still provide access to the driver (unless you use the devfs=only boot option, which is only for dedicated souls:-). If you want to get rid of these annoying messages, upgrade to devfsd-v1.3.20 and use the recommended RESTORE directive to restore permissions.


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