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Re: *SOLVED* CentOS5 Template Metadata package? [message #15954 is a reply to message #15948] Thu, 16 August 2007 20:30 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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dranch wrote on Thu, 16 August 2007 09:42

Should vzdev be installed? Though my cache does have the ptys in
/vz/private/100/dev, I don't have this "vzdev" RPM installed:

# rpm -qa | grep vz
vzctl-3.0.18-1
vzrpm44-python-4.4.1-22.5
ovzkernel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.028stab039.1
vzctl-lib-3.0.18-1
vzyum-2.4.0-11
vzpkg-2.7.0-18
vzrpm43-python-4.3.3-7_nonptl.6
vzquota-3.0.11-1
vzrpm44-4.4.1-22.5
vztmpl-centos-5-2.0-2


Yes, it should be installed--it's on all my VPSs. As far as I understand, the vzdev rpm contains the ptys (along with other devices) that would normally be created by udev. I am under the impression that udev will not work properly in a VPS and thus the vzdev package compensates for it by adding the devices manually, the way they used to be done. (Do a rpm -qf /dev/ptya1 on your host node and it should say file is not owned by any package, while if you do the same command in a VPS is should say vzdev-3.3.13-1.3.swsoft)

This is a wild guess, but I'm thinking that udev *is* trying to create those devices in your VPS with varying degrees of luck (works/doesn't work).
 
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