Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: devfs, input event system, and kernel configuration. | Date | Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:17:57 -0200 |
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On 6 November 2002 20:50, Frank Wang wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to attach a special serial input device to an X > application. Looking at the kernel document, it seems to me the input > core system (the /dev/input/event#) fits the my needs nicely. I also > realize that the input system uses the devfs rather than the > traditional major/minor number for its device driver. > > So I configured a 2.4.18-5 kernel with the following flags turned on, > > - devfs turned on, > - the input core module, > - the input core's keyboard and mouse modules > - the input core's event modules > > The kernel compiles fine. However, during boot process, everything > under the /var/* and several device mounts were marked as read-only > and thus the kernel fails to boot. I tried to set the devfs=nomount > as its boot parameter. It didn't help either.
Sounds like filesystem corruption. Can you boot singleuser and run fsck? -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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