On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:00:23AM -0400, brett holcomb wrote: > This is weird. I have no clue as to what's happening. On > my systems I just included the devfs file system, told it > to start on boot and it was there. I assume it's in the > kernel somewhere as I've never had to put it anywhere and > that's reinforced by what I see in the docs. > > Does the system start and let you login - from the fact > you say it won't print I assume it does start and mounts > the drives? Are your drives mounted? If so then devfs is > running (ps -ax } grep devfs will show you)and printing is > another problem. > > What exactly do you mean when it won't print - did you > merge cups or lpd?
And does your kernel include support (built-in or loadable) for the necessary hardware - such as the parallel port, or whatever you're using? Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:10:10 -0500 > Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ost ready to throw out gentoo. I cannot get devfsd to > >start. Since it will not > >start or load itself, I have no printing, and without > >printing the whole thing is > >useless. Now I have done all of the hoop jumping, 2 dozen > >kernel recompiles and > >different checks all over. I have yet to find any info on > >where the "devfsd /dev" > >command is to be put within the system startup scripts. > >Is there anyone who > >knows, or is this a special secret. Help is appreciated, > >as time for me is > >running out. > > > >cheers > > > >-- > >Rick Sivernell > >Dallas, Texas 75287 > >972 306-2296 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Gentoo Linux > >Registered Linux User > > > > .~. > > / v \ > > /( _ )\ > > ^ ^ > >In Linux we trust! > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
