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Re: debian: Can't get X-4.0.2 working with a 2.2.18 or 2.4.x kernel.



On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:41:53AM +1100, Brendan Simon wrote:
> 
> I definately know that one of the problems with the 2.4.x kernel is the
> devfs filesystem.  It wouldn't even boot properly because fsck couldn't
> run.  It seems that /dev/hdaX isn't in the filesystem.  I managed to get
> the kernel to not mount devfs at boot time by passing the devfs=nomount
> parameter to the kernel.  This solved the boot problem but not the X

you should compile your own 2.4 kernel and always be sure to turn off
devfs.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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