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  • From: Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>
  • To: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:17:13 +1100

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this actually sounds like devfs is not mounting at boot :(
Hamish

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:37, GOUY Yann wrote:
> Le mer 28/01/2004 à 22:48, Jason Flatt a écrit :
> > On Wednesday 28 January 2004 11:50 am, GOUY Yann wrote:
> > > Le mer 28/01/2004 à 20:57, Jason Flatt a écrit :
> > > > [ b i g s n i p ]
> > > >
> > > > Boot your computer using your SMGL install CD. Continue at the first
> > > > menu, then shell at the second menu. Mount your main partition under
> > > > /mnt, and change your fstab there.
> > >
> > > that partly what I've done but booting on the same partition from a
> > > 2.4.24 kernel.
> > > but no success!!!
> > >
> > > may be I have missed something in the kernel configuration?
> > >
> > > Yann
> >
> > You can check the kernel options by looking
> > in /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version>/.config for, I think,
> > CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y (or '=m', but I would think that '=y' would be
> > better). If you have that, then the problem is probably caused by
> > something else. If it says 'is not set', then you will have to recompile
> > your kernel, and enable for that option in File Systems.
>
> I've checked and infortunately I have CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y.
> so? I don't know what can be wrong?
>
> any other idea are welcome.
>
> It seems to me that the 2.6.1 kernel as problem with Athlon MoBo, may be
> it is one of those.
>
> Yann

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