Bug 82774

Summary:	devfsd not included in the package dependency, boot fails
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Guillermo Marcus <gmarcus>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers <livecd>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Guillermo Marcus 2005-02-21 01:18:46 UTC

When I intall using Gentoo 2005.0 (also happens with 2004.3 w/ kernel 2.6), devfsd is not in the dependency list, so it is not extracted. If it is not manually added, reboot fails. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Follow the hadbook to install Gentoo with kernel 2.6

Actual Results:  
Reboot Fails

Expected Results:  
Reboot normal

Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-21 05:50:28 UTC

devfsd should *not* be installed with 2005.0 (which you shouldn't be using anyway) as we are switching to udev

As for 2004.3, if you are using a 2004.3 profile, then it should default to having virtual/dev-manager in "system", as all profiles do (it is defined in "base", which all profiles inherit)

Have you checked to see if udev was installed instead?

Comment 2 Guillermo Marcus 2005-02-21 06:06:53 UTC

Yes, udev is in the dependency and was installed. However, this does not allow the system to boot up properly. The init sequence asks for devfsd and does not find it .

Comment 3 Guillermo Marcus 2005-02-21 06:17:01 UTC

Oops, my fault configuring devfs in the kernel. Sorry for the wrong bug post.