Hi, >>please add "chroot # cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV generic" to section 8.6.35.3 >>(or even to 8.6.35.1). Otherwise all kinds of strange errors will happen.
> I think you are righ on fact for modern udev (or even devfs) system. > > But I haver been using mostly full unstable system vand quite busy to > sest all fancy tricks. Can you elucidate me why this is needed? Also > what kind of system configuration affects this. Also when this became > important. Sarge or Woody... I recently set up a Sarge and Sid chroot with X. Sarge X complained about missing /dev/input/mice, KDE konsole does not work without /dev/ptmx (which is quite difficult to find out). I think there were also problems with ttyX for higher values of X. I fixed the problems one after another by grep'ing through MAKEDEV. After I found the generic target, no more problems surfaced. In the Sid chroot, I simply called MAKEDEV before starting X the first time. So I can't tell for sure whether the problems exists there too, but I guess so. > Also where this needs to be added. You mean like... > > main # cd / ; mkdir /sid-root > main # debootstrap sid /sid-root http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ > ... watch it download the whole system > main # echo "proc-sid /sid-root/proc proc none 0 0" >> /etc/fstab > main # mount proc-sid /sid-root/proc -t proc > main # cp /etc/hosts /sid-root/etc/hosts > main # chroot /sid-root /bin/bash > chroot # cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV generic ; cd - > chroot # apt-setup # set-up /etc/apt/sources.list > chroot # vi /etc/apt/sources.list # point the source to unstable > chroot # dselect # you may use aptitude, install mc and vim :-) Yes, looks good. Regards, Joachim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
