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Warning :unable to open initial console

Submitted by Anonymous
on April 25, 2007 - 2:31am

I am using linux-2.6.20.4 kernel.I compiled successfully in my machine.But when i ported it to an arm board it stopped at a position giving error as
warning:unable to open initial console..I have given support for character devices pty support .Still the same error.Can anyone help me.Thanks in advance.

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Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 25, 2007 - 4:49am

http://kerneltrap.org/node/2205


When you configure the kernel make sure you select Unix pty support. Also in filesystem section select devpts. And you need a line in /etc/fstab something like this:

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

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