From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 21 22:24:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27608 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:24:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mutsgo.kf7nn.com (mutsgo.kf7nn.com [204.251.27.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27579 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:24:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vagner@vagner.com) Received: from vagner.com (ginger.kf7nn.com [192.168.0.4]) by mutsgo.kf7nn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06870; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:23:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from vagner@vagner.com) Message-ID: <35DE55C6.56731CAC@vagner.com> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:23:18 -0500 From: George Vagner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Hawkins CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using the watch command. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG you need to install a snoop device into your kernel make file and rebuild the kernel. something like pseudo-device snp1 Charles Hawkins wrote: > > Hello, > > I just installed FreeBSD last night, and I have run across a > problem I can not figure out. > > When I attempt to WATCH a port I recieve the following error > watch: fatal: can not open snoop device. > > Can anyone shed some light on this for me? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message