From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261574AbULISBL (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:01:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261576AbULISBK (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:01:10 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:16533 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261574AbULISA1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:00:27 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:15:57 -0200 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Blizbor Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [crash] 2.4.22 and Can't locate module char-major-30 Message-ID: <20041208221557.GA2403@dmt.cyclades> References: <41B75D85.8060302@globalintech.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B75D85.8060302@globalintech.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:01:09PM +0100, Blizbor wrote: > I have defined "*.* /dev/pty/1" in the /etc/syslogd.conf and the last > line I saw before crash was > > Dec 8 19:29:42 oracle-srv-03 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > char-major-30 >>From devices.txt: 30 char iBCS-2 compatibility devices 0 = /dev/socksys Socket access 1 = /dev/spx SVR3 local X interface 2 = /dev/inet/arp Network access 2 = /dev/inet/icmp Network access 2 = /dev/inet/ip Network access 2 = /dev/inet/udp Network access 2 = /dev/inet/tcp Network access Additionally, iBCS-2 requires /dev/nfsd to be a link to /dev/socksys, and /dev/X0R to be a link to /dev/null. You probably have some application trying to access this device(s). Do you? > Could these two things be related ? > > What can cause such a crash ? It should not have nothing to do with the crash, did you get any oops or similar? > I have RH 9 with custom compiled kernel and it was working about 300 days > without any problems. > I'm using e100, ide, ext3, jfs and oracle 9i on this machine. Suggest you to upgrade to a newer kernel.