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Re: devpts: called with bogus options



Stephen Olander-Waters <debian@luy.info> writes:

> Hey guys,
>
> I can't figure this out. Any ideas?
>
> These messages in dmesg used to be harmless because devpts would be
> mounted anyway, ignoring "bogus options":
> -----------------
> [    8.535397] devpts: called with bogus options
> -----------------
>
> But since I upgraded to linux-image-2.6.29-1-amd64 in the latest 'sid',
> my devpts will not mount unless I manually mount it.
>
> This works:
> $ mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts/
>
> This does not:
> $ mount /dev/pts
>
> Thanks for any help!
> -s
>
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options>                  <dump> <pass>
> devpts /dev/pts devpts none 0 0

The difference between the two would be the "-o none". Maybe use
"defaults" instead of "none". Or remove the entry completly. Devpts is
mounted during boot even without an entry in fstab.

MfG
        Goswin


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