Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2425 mails)

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You can probably safely ignore the "Can't locate major character 4" messages. Many people have gotten them after upgrading. If they seem unsightly to you when you boot, then edit /etc/modules.conf. Change the line for major character 4 from "serial" to "off". Sorry, I don't know what to do about the rest of the messages.

Victor

On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 12:09:51PM +0200, Eric Maryniak wrote:
> Helo list,
> 
> I've upgraded on 6.4 to kernel 2.2.16 (kernel source) and after a kernel
> recompile (used same settings when 'make menuconfig'-ing as for previous
> kernel) and install, and reboot i got various problems:
> 
> a. gpm did not work and errors about the serial ports:
> 
>      modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4
>      modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0
> 
> b. also the VM errors other people complained about
>    (a second kernel compile did not work, cuz gcc crashed! 32 Mb should
>     be enough, shouldn't it?)
> 
> Did anybody had this? And how did you solve it?
> 
> I only 'rpm -Uvh' installed lx_suse (2.2.16) source --- should you also
> install a new devs package (i remember seeing a ref to that)? However,
> lx_suse.rpm did not require that...
> Btw, the mk_initrd and lilo were done by make, i compiled as (big kernel):
> 
>       # make menuconfig
>       # make dep clean bzImage
>       # make modules modules_install
> 
>       # cp -p /usr/src/linux/.config /boot/vmlinuz.config.suse64.eric
> 
>       # make bzlilo
> 
> (Inserted a floppy):
> 
>       # make bzdisk
> 
>       # make clean
> 
> Bye-bye,
> 
> Eric
> -- 
> Eric Maryniak <e.maryniak@xxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about Microsoft products:
> 
> It is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them
> by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all.
> In other words --- and this is the rock-solid principle on which the
> whole of the Corporation's Galaxywide success is founded --- their
> fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial
> design flaws.
> 
> 
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