nops not using devfs Taha
--- Ernie Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you still using devfs? > > Ernie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: M Taha Masood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:49 PM > > To: Ernie Fontes; > user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [uml-user] ile: unable to allocate > pty/tty pair > > > > Ernie , your mail was helpful , with the help of > your > > mail and some help from Jeff Dike at IRC , i got > past > > this issue , till the point where now i come to > the > > login prompt but then after giving the correct > user > > name and password , it gives the error of "ile: > unable > > to allocate pty/tty pair" see detail below > > anyone seen this ? > > thanks and regards > > Taha > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > ...Login as root. > > > > tty0 tomsrtbt login: root > > Password: ile rev.2.01 > > > > --> ile: unable to allocate pty/tty pair <-- ( SEE > > THIS ) > > > > Debug: sleeping function called from invalid > context > > at include/asm/arch/semaphore.h:102 > > arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c:133: > > spin_lock(arch/um/drivers/line.c:a0255758) already > > locked by arch/um/drivers/line.c/474 > > in_atomic():0, irqs_disabled():1 > > a03c79d0: [<a002e65b>] __might_sleep+0x9b/0xb8 > > a03c7a00: [<a0021ff5>] unregister_winch+0x15/0xa0 > > a03c7a20: [<a0021859>] line_close+0x145/0x174 > > a03c7a30: [<a0021726>] line_close+0x12/0x174 > > a03c7a40: [<a0121431>] release_dev+0x5fd/0x930 > > a03c7a50: [<a0017989>] set_signals+0x79/0x178 > > a03c7a70: [<a00178d9>] get_signals+0x15/0x4c > > a03c7a80: [<a00178e7>] get_signals+0x23/0x4c > > a03c7b10: [<a0121e00>] tty_release+0xc/0x14 > > a03c7b30: [<a008f18b>] __fput+0x103/0x140 > > a03c7b60: [<a008d235>] filp_close+0x41/0x7c > > a03c7b70: [<a0035739>] exit_mm+0x125/0x244 > > a03c7b80: [<a0035150>] put_files_struct+0x68/0xdc > > a03c7bb0: [<a003635b>] do_exit+0x1c3/0x768 > > a03c7bd0: [<a008df3b>] sys_write+0x3b/0x68 > > a03c7bf0: [<a003692c>] next_thread+0x0/0xc > > a03c7bfc: [<a01c15f7>] sigemptyset+0x17/0x30 > > a03c7c00: [<a001c361>] > execute_syscall_tt+0xc5/0xd8 > > a03c7c80: [<a001c397>] > syscall_handler_tt+0x23/0x40 > > a03c7ca0: [<a001d323>] > > sig_handler_common_tt+0xf3/0x148 > > a03c7cb0: [<a001d315>] > > sig_handler_common_tt+0xe5/0x148 > > a03c7ce0: [<a001bcf2>] > > finish_fork_handler+0x13e/0x16c > > a03c7d00: [<a0027252>] sig_handler+0x1e/0x38 > > a03c7d20: [<a01c12f8>] __restore+0x0/0x8 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- Ernie Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I had a similar problem. > > > Here's how I fixed it: > > > > > > 1) Boot your UML with this option added on the > > > command line: init=/bin/sh > > > 2) That should allow you to poke around in /dev. > > > Check for terminals (eg. > > > tty0, tty1, tty/0, tty/1). > > > 3) If there are none, and if you are using DevFS > - > > > which I suspect you are - > > > you could use the vc/0, vc/1, etc. terminals, > but I > > > would recommend this: > > > 4) Recompile UML without DevFS. > > > 5) If you recompiled, go back to step 2 and poke > > > around again. Either way, > > > find which terminals you should be using, then > halt > > > the VM. > > > 6) mount -o loop root_fs /mnt # or whatever you > > > call it. > > > 7) vi /mnt/etc/inittab > > > 8) scroll down to the section that looks > something > > > like: > > > 1:2345:/sbin/mingetty tty1 > > > 9) comment those entries out and make a new > entry > > > for the terminal you > > > picked in /dev. For instance, if I discovered > that > > > tty0 was available and > > > decided that I wanted to call this entry c1, my > > > entry would look something > > > like this: > > > c1:2345:/sbin/mingetty tty0 > > > 10) unmount and boot, should work now. If you > get > > > problems with loading the > > > filesystem, you might need to go tweak around in > the > > > guest filesystem's > > > /etc/fstab. > > > > > > Hope it helps, worked for me, > > > > > > Ernie > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software > > > Conference & EXPO > > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * > > > Development Lifecycle Practices > > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing > Projects > > > & Teams * Testing & QA > > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > User-mode-linux-user mailing list > > > User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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