On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:14:11 +0100 Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > There is not much hope that someone on this list will answer a devfs related > question. I made a similar query more than once about a weird mouse behavior > after upgrading to MDK8.1 and none had a clue. > (message: [expert] Devfs, M8.1 and Ps2 mouse) > > I had experienced the same problem as you (I think) with the /mnt > directory, I guess it is due to a supermount bug cuase it says just so > sometimes while I shutdown Mandrake. > > Devfs makes X Windows to detect the mouse only after I go to a text console > and come back to X Windows. Gpm does not find /dev/psaux or /dev/misc/psaux > at bootup, but it finds them later, even being devfsd started long before gpm. > > Supermount fails most of the time and dumps error messages at shutdown. > > Everything I describe is on a 2.4.8 kernel given by Mandrake and recompiled > with some options changed. I think I have heard on this list there were bugs > in kernels after 2.4.3 in supermount and people was trying to test 2.4.12. > > Yesterday I was fed up and changed my lilo to boot my old 2.4.3 on my MDK8.1. > Everything seems to go just fine, with no devfs but with supermount working > perfectly. > > I may try to recompile 2.4.8 without devfs support or tryout 2.4.12. > You can still use your current 2.4.8. In the lilo append section where it list: mount=devfs change that entry to: devfs=nomount This turns off devs, but it will not help supermount any. BTW the Mandrke 2.4.13-2 kernel now installs with dev=nomount Charles
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