nops not using devfs

Taha


--- Ernie Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Are you still using devfs?
> 
> Ernie
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M Taha Masood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:49 PM
> > To: Ernie Fontes;
> user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [uml-user] ile: unable to allocate
> pty/tty pair
> > 
> > Ernie , your mail was helpful , with the help of
> your
> > mail and some help from Jeff Dike at IRC , i got
> past
> > this issue , till the point where now i come to
> the
> > login prompt but then after giving the correct
> user
> > name and password , it gives the error of "ile:
> unable
> > to allocate pty/tty pair" see detail below
> > anyone seen this ?
> > thanks and regards
> > Taha
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > ...Login as root.
> > 
> >  tty0 tomsrtbt login: root
> > Password: ile rev.2.01
> > 
> > --> ile: unable to allocate pty/tty pair <-- ( SEE
> > THIS )
> > 
> > Debug: sleeping function called from invalid
> context
> > at include/asm/arch/semaphore.h:102
> > arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c:133:
> > spin_lock(arch/um/drivers/line.c:a0255758) already
> > locked by arch/um/drivers/line.c/474
> > in_atomic():0, irqs_disabled():1
> > a03c79d0:  [<a002e65b>] __might_sleep+0x9b/0xb8
> > a03c7a00:  [<a0021ff5>] unregister_winch+0x15/0xa0
> > a03c7a20:  [<a0021859>] line_close+0x145/0x174
> > a03c7a30:  [<a0021726>] line_close+0x12/0x174
> > a03c7a40:  [<a0121431>] release_dev+0x5fd/0x930
> > a03c7a50:  [<a0017989>] set_signals+0x79/0x178
> > a03c7a70:  [<a00178d9>] get_signals+0x15/0x4c
> > a03c7a80:  [<a00178e7>] get_signals+0x23/0x4c
> > a03c7b10:  [<a0121e00>] tty_release+0xc/0x14
> > a03c7b30:  [<a008f18b>] __fput+0x103/0x140
> > a03c7b60:  [<a008d235>] filp_close+0x41/0x7c
> > a03c7b70:  [<a0035739>] exit_mm+0x125/0x244
> > a03c7b80:  [<a0035150>] put_files_struct+0x68/0xdc
> > a03c7bb0:  [<a003635b>] do_exit+0x1c3/0x768
> > a03c7bd0:  [<a008df3b>] sys_write+0x3b/0x68
> > a03c7bf0:  [<a003692c>] next_thread+0x0/0xc
> > a03c7bfc:  [<a01c15f7>] sigemptyset+0x17/0x30
> > a03c7c00:  [<a001c361>]
> execute_syscall_tt+0xc5/0xd8
> > a03c7c80:  [<a001c397>]
> syscall_handler_tt+0x23/0x40
> > a03c7ca0:  [<a001d323>]
> > sig_handler_common_tt+0xf3/0x148
> > a03c7cb0:  [<a001d315>]
> > sig_handler_common_tt+0xe5/0x148
> > a03c7ce0:  [<a001bcf2>]
> > finish_fork_handler+0x13e/0x16c
> > a03c7d00:  [<a0027252>] sig_handler+0x1e/0x38
> > a03c7d20:  [<a01c12f8>] __restore+0x0/0x8
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > --- Ernie Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > I had a similar problem.
> > > Here's how I fixed it:
> > >
> > > 1) Boot your UML with this option added on the
> > > command line: init=/bin/sh
> > > 2) That should allow you to poke around in /dev.
> > > Check for terminals (eg.
> > > tty0, tty1, tty/0, tty/1).
> > > 3) If there are none, and if you are using DevFS
> -
> > > which I suspect you are -
> > > you could use the vc/0, vc/1, etc. terminals,
> but I
> > > would recommend this:
> > > 4) Recompile UML without DevFS.
> > > 5) If you recompiled, go back to step 2 and poke
> > > around again.  Either way,
> > > find which terminals you should be using, then
> halt
> > > the VM.
> > > 6) mount -o loop root_fs /mnt             # or whatever you
> > > call it.
> > > 7) vi /mnt/etc/inittab
> > > 8) scroll down to the section that looks
> something
> > > like:
> > > 1:2345:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> > > 9) comment those entries out and make a new
> entry
> > > for the terminal you
> > > picked in /dev.  For instance, if I discovered
> that
> > > tty0 was available and
> > > decided that I wanted to call this entry c1, my
> > > entry would look something
> > > like this:
> > > c1:2345:/sbin/mingetty tty0
> > > 10) unmount and boot, should work now.  If you
> get
> > > problems with loading the
> > > filesystem, you might need to go tweak around in
> the
> > > guest filesystem's
> > > /etc/fstab.
> > >
> > > Hope it helps, worked for me,
> > >
> > > Ernie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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