Re: Minor? kernel woes...

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 09:01:51PM -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Perhaps I should go to a kernel list with this, but...
> 
> Just installed 2.4.0-test10 and now a bunch of my devices are behaving
> oddly, such as:
> 
> [jon@amergin drivers]$ cat /dev/sndstat 
> cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device
> [jon@amergin drivers]$ ls -l !$
> ls -l /dev/sndstat
> crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   6 Nov 17 18:45 /dev/sndstat

That's normal.  Fix it by rm'ing it.  2.4 doesn't support
'/dev/sndstat'.

> I did complile in the correct card driver (twice), I get the same
> behavior for /dev/pppox0.

Never heard of that device.

> I've tried both modular and compiled in with no change.

Won't make a difference with /dev/sndstat.

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