I ran into the same problem with apt-get, and remounting the filesystem without "nodev" seemed to fix both the /dev/null problem, and the "FATAL -> Could not set non-blocking flag Bad file descriptor" error.
This error seemed to float around to different parts, if I commented out other http formats, and also went away, as described in the original report, if I changed the "http" to "ftp" This article is what led me to the same conclusion as Arthur. Maybe the part of Apt-get that implements the HTTP transport needs a better check for a working (and not placeboized) /dev file system. Here is a more current link to the Knoppix HowTO which helped me out: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto - Greg Matyola -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
