Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:35:06 +0200 From: Buki <dev@null.cz> To: Mark <mhumm2@mchsi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Unknown listing in dmesg Message-ID: <20020421203443.B76583@veverka.sh.cvut.cz> In-Reply-To: <3CC2A269.530BCC90@.mchsi.com>; from mhumm2nospam@.mchsi.com on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 06:28:41AM -0500 References: <3CC2A269.530BCC90@.mchsi.com>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 06:28:41AM -0500, Mark wrote: > Hi, > > Although not cut and pasted into this email, I imaging this is a well > known item. Near the top of my dmesg output, I see several 2 line > enties about the system's attempt to start several two character > programs like: di, dh, si, bh, etc. the second line of all of these > entries is that the programs can't be run due to a syntax error or > config problem. It doesn't seem to be adversely affecting my system, > but I'd still like to "fix" this. Those are not programs, but devices, normaly present in GENERIC kernel. As you probably built a custom kernel, those devices are no longer present in it, thus the config cannot configure them. It's safe to remove those entries from /boot/kernel.conf But they do no harm, so you can as well leave them there. Buki > > After a lot of searching, I found the offending "programs" in the file > kern.conf. What's the purpose of this file and what do these two > character entries mean? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mark > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PGP public key: http://dev.null.cz/buki.asc /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML & Outlook Mail / \ http://www.thebackrow.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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