Cannot Fork: /etc/rc.devfs
Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM
tforrest at shellworld.net
Sat Apr 5 07:42:49 PST 2003
Howdy. I'm getting pretty frustrated with FBSD 5.0.
Somehow I've managed to goof up the system. It started after I built a
custom kernel. After rebooting into the new kernel I start getting all
sorts of cannot fork errors. One specific one is "/etc/rc.devfs cannot
fork: resource temporarily unavailable".
The only thing I did was comment out the 486 and 586 cpu sections as
well as the floppy drive. I thought at first it was because of the
addition of the IPFIREWALL options. Because when the new kernel boots
I cannot login (cannot fork: resource temporarily unavailable).
I recopied the GENERIC kernel to my custom kernel made NO changes to
the GENERIC kernel, built it, installed it and rebooted. Still no
login (cannot fork: resource temporarily unavailable).
So I reinstalled. Then made a new kernel. Still no login (cannot
fork: resource temporarily unavailable).
So I checked /etc/rc.devfs. I saw nothing worth noting in that file.
98% of it is commented out.
I'm seriously ready to give this thing the fork alright. But I do not
want to damage my nice silverware. Why is this thing not forking? I
do not even know where to continue my troubleshooting now.
Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest at shellworld.net
My two cents:
Windows NT: Vapourware of the desperate and scared.
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