Re: Streams devices disappear on reboot

Hi John,

We have noticed the same problem.  A simple init script in
/etc/rc.d/init.d plus symbolic links will work around the problem until a
more permanent solution is at hand:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/streams
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S01streams -> ../init.d/streams
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01streams -> ../init.d/streams
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01streams -> ../init.d/streams
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01streams -> ../init.d/streams

$ cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/streams
#
# loading of LiS Streams 

# ensure that the streams required device nodes exist in /dev
if [ -e /usr/sbin/strmakenodes ]
then
        /usr/sbin/strmakenodes
fi

if [ -e /usr/sbin/streams ]
then
        /usr/sbin/streams start 
        exit 0
else
        echo -n $"/usr/sbin/streams not found"
        exit 1
fi


You can convert this to use chkconfig on Red Hat if desired.  Take a look 
at other init scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d for examples.


On Thu, 26 May 2005, John Hodgkinson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:19:59 +0100
> From: John Hodgkinson <[email protected]>
> To: "'Linux-Streams ([email protected])"
>     <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Linux-streams] Streams devices disappear on reboot
> 
> Has anyone come across the problem on 2.6 kernels (Red Hat 2.6.9-5.EL in
> this case) where all the /dev devices associated with LiS disappear on
> reboot. My guess is that udev is removing them but I don't know how to add
> them to the udev database. They are definitely there after a make install
> but are gone on the next reboot.
> 
> John
> 
>  
> 
> 

-- 
Thanks,

Mark Sincerbox
Adax, Inc.