Bug 93370

Summary:	Get message: /sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory : on first boot after installing with Gento Linux x86 Quick Install Guide
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Craig Meyer <craig>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Craig Meyer 2005-05-20 14:00:47 UTC

After following the Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide and using the genkernel
option with gentoo sources, you get the the message "/sbin/rc: line 271:
/sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory" on first boot.

The installation guide should note that genkernel should be used with the --udev
option and then udev should be appended to lilo or grub config files. With the
2.6 series kernel, even emerging the devfsd package does not completely fix the
problem.

Instead of typing command "genkernel all" the user should type "genkernel --udev
all" and then add udev to append line in lilo or grub config. 

The Gentoo Complete X86 install guide describes how to do this correctly. I
suggest just updating the Quick install documentation from these parts in the
full docs.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Follow Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide exactly, use genkernel and lilo
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
/sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory 

Expected Results:  
Either worked properly with udev or worked after emerging devfsd - neither worked.

If you are having this bug you wont be able to properly create device files in
the  /dev directory on the fly. For example I did not get a video0 or radio0
entry in the /dev directory after modprobing the bttv driver. Once I corrected
this problem everything worked correctly.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-05-20 15:07:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87635 ***

Comment 2 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-20 15:12:00 UTC

SpanKY, I'm not sure if this is really a dupe - we're talking about 
gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml, *not* handbook...

Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-20 23:30:01 UTC

Yup, different bug

Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-23 10:01:31 UTC

Fixed in CVS.