Most likely because /dev/vmcp somehow got created as a regular file, and not a device node. This has come up before.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Shilson Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VMCP: Error: Could not set buffer size: Inappropriate ioctl for device Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 06/14/2006 01:23:06 PM: > another idea. Does: > > rmmod vmcp > rm /dev/vmcp > modprobe vmcp > > solves this problem? Yes it does! I have no idea of why, but thank you! tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
