Hi Yoann, Thanks for your reply!! i can create the device file but i still not able to open it. When i open /dev/tty0, i got "No such device". Any ideas?? Thanks again, Louis -----Original Message----- From: Yoann Allain [mailto:yallain@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:27 PM To: Louis Lai Cc: linuxconsole-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: missing /dev/tty0 Louis Lai a écrit : >Hi all, > >I am using a 2.4.30 kernel for my MIPS embedded processor. The kernel can >start up properly but the tty0 doesn't exist under /dev. I have already >enable the virtual console during kernel configuration. is it something >configure not properly for the kernel?? Anyone can help?? > >Thanks in advance, >Louis > > > Hi Louis, The problem is that you didn't create the special file /dev/tty0. Create it with the mknod command : # mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0 Then put the good rights, for example: # chmod 640 /dev/tty0 That should do it... Yoann
