Bug 19903 – BASELAYOUT init scripts fail to load devpts on linux kernel 2.5 boot and/or sysfs

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description johnny 2003-04-24 20:48:37 UTC]

when booting a 2.5 kernel it fails to mount devpts due to devpts being split out
from devfs .. which means that terminals fail to function properly in X

NOTE: and if baselayout is supposed to handle sysfs mounting that also fails of
course too... so i guess either baselayout should create /sysfs directory
or the install docs should be updated to mention creating it


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot 2.5 kernel
2. start X
3. try to open a terminal

Actual Results:  
terminal windows come up blank

Expected Results:  
terminal should show a prompt or request for login

DEVPTS was split out from DEVFS in the 2.5 development kernel .. you will notice
this from ~2.5.68 onwards and possibly this may occur in the next releases of
the stable kernel

[Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-04-25 20:53:56 UTC]

yes, yes, I already had 2.5.67 patched with the patches from Christoph Hellwig
for this, and its been fixed on the 12th of this month on cvs.  I just need
to get a new baselayout out.  Just add a entry to /etc/fstab (as auto) for now.

[Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-04-27 17:18:45 UTC]

Ok, this is fixed in baselayout-1.8.6.6.