On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 04:14:41PM -0600, Stephen R . Gore wrote: > Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > >>>>> "Shaul" == Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il> writes: > > > > Shaul> Is it simply a matter of rm slink /dev/console and MAKEDEV > > Shaul> the new /dev/console and that is all? What will be the > > Shaul> consequences of doing these rm and MAKEDEDV on a running > > Shaul> system? > > > > That's what I did. There's code in MAKEDEV that tests the running > > kernel version, and does the right thing based on that. I don't > > think you have to rm the old one first; just run `MAKEDEV console'. > > > > Actually, on a formerly `slink' system upgraded to kernel 2.2.x, I > > think you should run `MAKEDEV generic' once. There are probably > > other devices it needs to update. > ^^^^^^ > > Indeed, there is a "MAKEDEV update" option. Just scanning the script > seems to indicate it *might* do the right thing. Can someone with > more familiarity with the MAKEDEV script comment on this? > Just a question... what are the correct permissions for /dev/console? I found it to be 622 on my system... these look rather unusual to me, at least. Regards, Filip
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