From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E172A1388EF for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 772B3E04D2; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:00:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f43.google.com (mail-qa0-f43.google.com [209.85.216.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AE97E027D for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 22:00:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id dx4so57846qab.2 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ZdcO4eH8eQ9dv0zq/tJMZ9VM9thj/yrRnFZkEgZ+MPE=; b=F1012WlsHRnS8lDlzobAo+PhoxM93MKpl+l5raSgssP/3qxPObQL6DJLqQfjXNaLkc KlTMhsT+xLYEdnBsvYoccSerIJ3QuZ3GesP3GRu/oWSe3xgyymNTEsKi8F9zvJIWa08F uL+DRvCkG3PPJTQGqVcgxaIe3kRltRiE8LoXH8yRSF8RREMUm9gzDFHESvHyrXs68IAh U7Pg9Z+xFi9BK6j5+SEf2lHh9hHG9E8OxcB9S2qjLwujoKD4IlCvkw3u81RGVFz4jAtI hUOjSYyQ6IcR7NXVKRoEgubPAuOIgQCVo+Vgj9VJNnBfgeaupmKUBHZvW+iJlMfVGCd9 mDlA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.229.180.41 with SMTP id bs41mr250364qcb.38.1360274406235; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.49.36.74 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 14:00:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <51141E97.3080304@libertytrek.org> References: <20130203185145.4008d87f@weird.wonkology.org> <5113E717.7020402@libertytrek.org> <201302071753.56717.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <51141466.3030109@libertytrek.org> <51141E97.3080304@libertytrek.org> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:00:06 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: f4e45085-7796-499f-9fa9-211b7aa26efa X-Archives-Hash: a23e77587e42960bb02b7973752350d1 On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-02-07 4:25 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Tanstaafl >> wrote: >>> >>> I think that a lot of people will misread that like I (we) did... > > >> I believe he is correct and /dev/shm is irrelevant for this discussion. > > > Ok, thanks, but... and no offense... > > I am not willing to gamble on breaking a remotely accessed server based on > someone's 'I believe that this is correct' comment. > > > When the news item says: > >> need to verify the fstype for possible /dev line in /etc/fstab is > >> devtmpfs (and not, for example, tmpfs) > > 'Possible /dev line' in no way is clear that it means a line that has ONLY > /dev on it. /dev/shm - which is also of type tmpfs - can easily be read to > be included. > > >> The important thing to note is that entries for precisely /dev and >> /proc > > > Mine has this in it: > >> # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! >> none /proc proc defaults 0 >> 0 > > > So, you're saying that this line, that is prefaced with a comment that says > it is CRITICAL FOR BOOT, is not even needed? > > This is a server that was initially installed back in 2005, so maybe this is > cruft that is no longer needed? > > Obviously I don't understand most of this stuff, so am at the mercy of those > more knowledgeable. > > Thanks, > > Charles > My kernel .config (linux-3.7.4-gentoo) has the following: CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y I believe the automount is the important part, as I do recall someone else on this list missing that. My /etc/fstab has neither /dev nor /proc mounts, although my case may be different than yours. Alecks