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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:00:06 -0600
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys
From: Alecks Gates <alecks.g@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 2013-02-07 4:25 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
>> 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