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rabcor
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:23 pm    Post subject: (solved) ERROR: sysfs failed to start Reply with quote

On bootup.
ERROR: sysfs failed to start
which then causes udev not to start... which is probably bad, i don't know what udev is, but i do know its important.

how do i fix this?

also, and not sure if this is good (but i think its related)

Code:
Mounting /run...
mount: wrong fs type...
/run/lock: creating directory
checkpath: mkdir: Read-only file system


Code:
mounting /dev/shm ...
mount: wrong fstype,....

Code:
mounting cgroup filesystem
mount: wrong fs type,...

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We need more information to help you. Please show the output of emerge --info ; cat -n /etc/fstab ; rc-update show -v | cat -n, and at least 20 lines of context before the first error you quoted.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this is gonna be so fun to write... isn't there a way i could copy this whole thing into a file, put it on my usb drive then copy it over to my other pc? (i'm noob, sorry)

but some lines before the sysfs are


Code:
OpenRC 0.9.8.4 is starting up Gentoo Linux (x86_64)

/proc is already mounted, skipping
Mounting /run...
mount: wrong fs type...
/run/lock: creating directory
checkpath: mkdir: Read-only file system
WARNING: rc_sys not defined in rc.conf. Falling back to automatic detection
mount: wrong fs type....
Mounting debug filesystem...
Mounting cgroup filesystem...
mount: wrong fstype...
ERROR: sysfs failed to start
/dev is already mounted
ERROR: cannot start udev as sysfs would not start
Mounting /dev/shm...
mount: wrong fs type...
... (everything runs fine, activating swap devices? i'm pretty sure i disabled support for swap in the kernel..) until final entry
/Mounting cgroup filesystem...
mount: wrong fstype.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

allright i'll just write it all
Code:
Portage 2.1.11.9 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r3, 3.4.9-gentoo x86_64)
=
System uname: Linux-3.4.9-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_A4-3310MX_APU_with_Radeon-tm-_HD_Graphics-with-gentoo-2.1
timestamp... 09_45:01 +0000 this day(gmt)
app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20
dev-lang/python: 3.2.3
dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68
sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6
sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.6
sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1
sys-devel/make: 3.82.r1
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r3
Repositories:gentoo
skipping any obvious/unimportant lines from here on (anything i didn't write myself)
CFLAGS="-02 -march=amdfam10 -mcx16 -mpopcnt -pipe"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3 sse4a -gtk -gnome qt4 kde" <- only lines i wrote, the rest is probably configured by my profile
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon"
fstab..
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda7 / reiserfs defaults,noauto,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda5 /usr/portage reiserfs defaults noatime 0 2
/dev/sda6 /var reiserfs defaults,noatime 0 2
/dev/sda8 /home ext4 defaults,noatime,user_xattr 0 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto nouato, user 0 0

Bootmisc | boot
consolefont
cryptoloop
devfs | sysinit
dhcpcd
dmesg | sysinit
fsck | boot
gpm
hostname | boot
hwlock | boot
keymaps | boot
killprocs | shutdown
local | default
localmount | boot
modules | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
mtab | boot
net.eth0 | default
net.lo | boot
netmount | default
network
nscd
numlock
procfs | boot
pydoc-3.2
root | boot
rsyncd
savecache | shutdown
sshd
staticroute
swap | boot
swclock
sysctl | boot
sysfs
syslog-ng | default
termencoding | boot
udev | sysinit
udev-mount
udev-postmount | default
urandom | boot
vixie-cron | default

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rabcor ...

please check you have CONFIG_TMPFS=y in the kernel.

best ... khay
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CONFIG_TMPFS is not set

what option in the menuconfig would that be?

looking for how to do that, i found another thread with the same problem from late May this year, but it doesn't say how to...

impatient... too impatient, i can't take to wait for an answer anymore, making new thread... (i couldn't find it by myself)

-solved it-

thanks a lot for your input khay :)
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rabcor ...

you're welcome ... in future you can hit "/" in menconfig and enter a search term, and it'll will show you where its located.

best ... khay
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

khayyam wrote:
rabcor ...

please check you have CONFIG_TMPFS=y in the kernel.

best ... khay


Thanks, this helped me too on a Dell Latitude C400 I am working on.
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