From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Duka Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 06:55:24 +0000 Subject: Re: how to use udev Message-Id: <3FF6675C.7030902@mail.ru> List-Id: References: <3FF61CFA.2080501@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <3FF61CFA.2080501@mail.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Jon Smirl wrote: > It doesn't work without execute permissions > > [root@smirl init.d]# chmod 666 /udev > [root@smirl init.d]# ls /udev > [root@smirl init.d]# ./udev start > Creating initial udev device nodes: [ OK ] > ./udev: line 82: 9288 Bus error $bin block > [root@smirl init.d]# ./udev stop > Removing udev device nodes: [ OK ] > [root@smirl init.d]# chmod 777 /udev > [root@smirl init.d]# ./udev start > Creating initial udev device nodes: [ OK ] > [root@smirl init.d]# > Well I do have execute permissions on my /dev/ and /udev/ directories and I run everything as root, I run udev start, and it runs OK, but it doesn't populate /dev/ directory. Like I said, I'm running this within initrd (Initial RamDisk) so everything is in RAM, including the root filesystem. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel