HELP: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-200

I get this in my /var/log/messages when I try to start a networking
client. As far as I know I enabled tunneling in my kernel.

How can I fix this:

modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-200


Thanks!

ER <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I get this in my /var/log/messages when I try to start a networking
> client. As far as I know I enabled tunneling in my kernel.
>
> How can I fix this:
>
> modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-200

Google is your friend. If you don't have Veritas VxVM running,
you can safely ignore this message or put the following into
/etc/modules.conf:

alias char-major-200 off


Ciao, Horst
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ER wrote:
> I get this in my /var/log/messages when I try to start a networking
> client. As far as I know I enabled tunneling in my kernel.
>
> How can I fix this:
>
> modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-200
>
>
> Thanks!
According to the kernel Documentation/devices.txt, char major 200 is the
Veritas VxVM configuration interface.

200 char Veritas VxVM configuration interface
0 = /dev/vx/config Configuration access node
1 = /dev/vx/trace Volume i/o trace access node
2 = /dev/vx/iod Volume i/o daemon access node
3 = /dev/vx/info Volume information access node
4 = /dev/vx/task Volume tasks access node
5 = /dev/vx/taskmon Volume tasks monitor daemon

Documentation/Configure.help says

FreeVxFS file system support (VERITAS VxFS(TM) compatible)
CONFIG_VXFS_FS
FreeVxFS is a file system driver that support the VERITAS VxFS(TM)
file system format. VERITAS VxFS(TM) is the standard file system
of SCO UnixWare (and possibly others) and optionally available
for Sunsoft Solaris, HP-UX and many other operating systems.
Currently only readonly access is supported.

NOTE: the file system type as used by mount(1), mount(2) and
fstab(5) is 'vxfs' as it describes the file system format, not
the actual driver.

This file system is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module is called freevxfs.o. If you want to compile it as a
module, say M here and read <fileocumentation/modules.txt>. If
unsure, say N.

As far as I can tell, the FreeVxFS support has nothing to do with your
networking problem, and the "Can't locate module char-major-200" messages
aren't related to your networking problem. OTOH, it appears that you are
trying to load the freevxfs module but haven't actually made it available.

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