[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] usb, vmware and 10.2
From:       Rui Santos <rsantos () ruisantos ! com>
Date:       2006-12-15 23:26:39
Message-ID: 45832F2F.3080901 () ruisantos ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Dec 15 2006 11:03, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 15 December 2006 10:36, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> # md /proc/bus/usb
>>> /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory /proc/bus/usb': No such file or
>>> directory
>>>
>>> I had rather expected some Operation not permitted.
>>>       
>> Ok, now what? any suggestions? any workarounds?
>>     
>
> What, you did not know creating files in proc can't be done?
> Oh my, too bad. Well, ask SUSE to reenable DEVICEFS.
> Or just look at https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210899
>   
Wow. This is an ugly subject. It seems we won't get VMWare to work on
openSuSE10.2 without recompiling the kernel to re-enable USB_DEVICEFS.
SuSE has a point about that security issue. I too believe that this is a
subject that VMWare should address...

> 	-`J'
>   

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]