I checked to make sure, and I did have "standard/generic (dump) serial support" compiled into the kernel, but it was compiled in and not a module. I tried compiling it as a module, which generated the serial.o file you mentioned below in /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc, and the message/problem went away. So, is this a bug? If support is compiled in the kernel, why would it try to load a module?
One other char-major problem. When I start my ppp session with pon, I get a "Can't locate module char-major-108". The session works ok. I tried compiling ppp as a module instead of in the kernel (it worked with char-major-5), but that didn't solve anything. I did modprobe -c, but the I could only find "alias char-major-107 3dfx", no -108 anywhere. Do you know what char-major-108 is supposed to be? Is it part of ppp? Thanks, Michael Heyes Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/23/99 12:56:35 PM To: Mike Heyes/LincolnFP/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: char-module-5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think I have support compiled in; using make xconfig, under > Character Devices, I selected support for console on virtual terminal, > and didn't select support for console on serial port. la -la shows > /dev/console. I did modprobe -c and it showed "alias char-major-5 > serial". It seems to me that you didnt compile in "standard/generic (dump) serial support" (CONFIG_SERIAL) ... if you compile it as an module, you get the module serial.o, see the help text to this option or /usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt. > I do get console messages on the x-console window. Does the "alias > char-major-5 serial" from modprobe mean that the messages are (also) > being set to a serial port (like /dev/tty0)? > > [...] Martin - -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBODrVWLCGSMW7I2etAQHsGgQAmVFkNxfX5guBqbYjONk9hZ+DQKbiUN5K RZEUGQF+5t7AIzsCoL5/mznbDqbxBplBJkqbmdsF1r1qQHNNZ82+7I4hPN04NSKh vToY7ruz1RC2nUiDYxQPwkxFcsvczw7Uucy4xV2xyp0ddu3qXKMchhoYUV9bXBA1 Pfu57q1jlNE= =T+y9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
