Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:58:33 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "David S. Jackson" <dsj@sylvester.dsj.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/bpf0 Device not configured Message-ID: <20010814165833.O61413@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20010814003401.A30093@sylvester.dsj.net>; from dsj@sylvester.dsj.net on Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:34:01AM -0400 References: <20010814003401.A30093@sylvester.dsj.net>
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On Tuesday, 14 August 2001 at 0:34:01 -0400, David S. Jackson wrote: > Well I have the > > pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter > > in my KERNEL config file. But when I try to access /dev/bpf0 and > ed0 with tcpdump or whatever, I get the "Device not configured" > error. I am root when I do this. > > The permissions for bpf0 are: > > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 Aug 18 2000 /dev/bpf0 "Device not configured" means that the kernel doesn't know it. You'd get different error messages if the permissions were wrong or of the device node didn't exist. > I've read the bpf manpage, but it doesn't seem to say what my > problem is. I'm using 4.0-RELEASE with a custom kernel. (It's been > working great, so I haven't upgraded.) This is a generic issue, not directly related to bpf. It's trying to tell you that your kernel doesn't have bpf. Yes, I read what you say, but I also read the message. Are you sure you're running the correct kernel? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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