Just for follow-up. The solution to this problem is to make sure CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y in the kernel config.
Hans On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Hans Beckérus <hans.becke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am running the default minimal image on an ARM based board and get > the followig error from bootlogd at startup > > <...> > INIT: version 2.88 booting > Starting udev > udev[661]: starting version 164 > Starting Bootlog daemon: bootlogd: cannot allocate pseudo tty: No such > file or directory > bootlogd. > Configuring network interfaces... udhcpc (v1.20.2) started > Sending discover... > Sending discover... > Sending discover... > No lease, failing > Running postinst /etc/rpm-postinsts/100... > INIT: Entering runlevel: 5 > Starting syslogd/klogd: done > Stopping Bootlog daemon: bootlogd. > <...> > > After login and checking /dev there *is* a /dev/tty. Also, if starting > bootlogd manually using '/etc/init.d/bootlogd start' there is no > error. > So my guess is that /dev was not yet populated properly when bootlogd > was started by the init process. IIRC is this not that something that > udev should do when started? > > Is this a known bug or is there something I have missed in my configuration? > > Here is my /etc/inittab (default except from SERIAL_DEVICE) > > # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration. > # $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $ > > # The default runlevel. > id:5:initdefault: > > # Boot-time system configuration/initialization script. > # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode. > si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS > > # What to do in single-user mode. > ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin > > # /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change > # of runlevel. > # > # Runlevel 0 is halt. > # Runlevel 1 is single-user. > # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. > # Runlevel 6 is reboot. > > l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0 > l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1 > l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2 > l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3 > l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4 > l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5 > l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6 > # Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency. > z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin > S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyPS0 > # /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels. > # > # The "id" field MUST be the same as the last > # characters of the device (after "tty"). > # > # Format: > # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process> > # > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > > > Hans _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
