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TylerE
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 10:22 pm    Post subject: devfsd woes Reply with quote

I'm having problems with devfs. Entries aren't created.

Relevant dmesg entries:

devfs: v1.12a (20020514) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Mounted devfs on /dev
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
devfs_register(1): could not append to parent, err: -17
devfs_register(a1): could not append to parent, err: -17
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the devfsd documentation

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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.


Are you sure you don't have already created the entries using MAKEDEV ? If you are using devfsd, you shouldn't. Try to boot using a boot CD, then mount your / in some mountpoint (/mnt is okay) and then verify if it is empty (should be, I think).
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, a lot of entries aren't there that should be (IE, my joystick and CD-ROMs)
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, do you have support for them all enabled in your kernel? As modules or inside the kernel?

How is your /etc/devfsd.conf?
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