Thanks for the info, After a few tests with kernel 2.4.13 it seems supermount works fine now. I will try 2.4.13 with devfs="nomount" and see what happens.
Jose El Mi�rcoles 31 Octubre 2001 22:22, Charles A Edwards escribi�: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:14:11 +0100 > > Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There is not much hope that someone on this list will answer a devfs > > related question. I made a similar query more than once about a weird > > mouse behavior after upgrading to MDK8.1 and none had a clue. > > (message: [expert] Devfs, M8.1 and Ps2 mouse) > > > > I had experienced the same problem as you (I think) with the /mnt > > directory, I guess it is due to a supermount bug cuase it says just so > > sometimes while I shutdown Mandrake. > > > > Devfs makes X Windows to detect the mouse only after I go to a text > > console and come back to X Windows. Gpm does not find /dev/psaux or > > /dev/misc/psaux at bootup, but it finds them later, even being devfsd > > started long before gpm. > > > > Supermount fails most of the time and dumps error messages at shutdown. > > > > Everything I describe is on a 2.4.8 kernel given by Mandrake and > > recompiled with some options changed. I think I have heard on this list > > there were bugs in kernels after 2.4.3 in supermount and people was > > trying to test 2.4.12. > > > > Yesterday I was fed up and changed my lilo to boot my old 2.4.3 on my > > MDK8.1. Everything seems to go just fine, with no devfs but with > > supermount working perfectly. > > > > I may try to recompile 2.4.8 without devfs support or tryout 2.4.12. > > You can still use your current 2.4.8. > In the lilo append section where it list: mount=devfs > change that entry to: devfs=nomount > > This turns off devs, but it will not help supermount any. > > BTW the Mandrke 2.4.13-2 kernel now installs with dev=nomount > > Charles
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