[gentoo-user] devfs is obsolete?

[gentoo-user] devfs is obsolete?

[7v5w7go9ub0o]

As per the <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/devfs-guide.xml> and
<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml>  I recompiled my kernel
with pts support, installed udev, and used rc-update to remove devfs
from sysinit.

Everything seems to work fine, except that I can't create xterms. If I
start up devfs, xterm creation is fine.

FWICT, devfs "mounts" /dev/pts , so how do we mount /dev/pts in a post
devfs world?

TIA

[gentoo-user] Re: devfs is obsolete?

[walt]

On 03/14/2011 10:57 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote:
> As per the<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/devfs-guide.xml>  and
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml>   I recompiled my kernel
> with pts support, installed udev, and used rc-update to remove devfs
> from sysinit.
>
> Everything seems to work fine, except that I can't create xterms. If I
> start up devfs, xterm creation is fine.
>
> FWICT, devfs "mounts" /dev/pts , so how do we mount /dev/pts in a post
> devfs world?

I just deleted several paragraphs of fatherly advice from this reply after
I noticed /lib/rc/init.d/started/devfs on my machine :-/

I soon discovered that /etc/init.d/devfs belongs to the sys-apps/openrc
package, which is not obsolete the way "devfs" is obsolete.

This is what I have:

#eselect rc list sysinit
Init scripts to be started by runlevel sysinit
   devfs
   dmesg
   udev

Thanks for asking the question -- I just learned something :)

[gentoo-user] Re: devfs is obsolete?

[7v5w7go9ub0o]

On 03/14/11 20:48, walt wrote:
> On 03/14/2011 10:57 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote:

..............................................................

>> FWICT, devfs "mounts" /dev/pts , so how do we mount /dev/pts in a
>> post devfs world?
>
> I just deleted several paragraphs of fatherly advice from this reply
> after I noticed /lib/rc/init.d/started/devfs on my machine :-/

Heh!  That's actually how I got into this; I was tracking down a
different issue and came across devfs.

>
> I soon discovered that /etc/init.d/devfs belongs to the
> sys-apps/openrc package,

Ah!! Thank you! Guess that's how it got back in there.

> which is not obsolete the way "devfs" is obsolete.
> This is what I have: #eselect rc list sysinit Init scripts to be
> started by runlevel sysinit devfs dmesg udev

Thank you - same as mine. And I'll presume that your box will also break
if you shut down devfs.

Guess my next move is to Bugzilla and suggest they update the
information on the two pages referenced above.

Thanks again!