*ERROR* Failed to create cdev

Conrad Meyer cem at freebsd.org
Fri Mar 24 15:45:00 UTC 2017


Hi Nicolas,

Do you already have a graphics driver loaded perhaps?

     17 EEXIST File exists. An existing file was mentioned in an inappropriate
             context, for instance, as the new link name in a link(2) system
             call.

Best,
Conrad

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After I managed to configure my Intel G31 video card, there's one detail
> that makes me wonder.
>
> Here's the last three lines of my dmesg:
>
>   drmn0: <Intel G33> on vgapci0
>   error: [drm:pid730:drm_get_minor] *ERROR* Failed to create cdev: 17
>   device_attach: drmn0 attach returned -17
>
> A Google search showed no results, so I thought this is the best place
> to ask.
>
> Any idea what this means? Anything I can/should do about it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki
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