From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 6 19:26:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2314416A401 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B81B313C43E for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:26:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l36JPgw7032252; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:25:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070406142321.02535d38@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:25:18 -0500 To: Franz Wegwerf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <46168E54.2090805@gmx.de> References: <46168E54.2090805@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: creating device node? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:26:28 -0000 At 01:15 PM 4/6/2007, Franz Wegwerf wrote: >A program wants to have access to /dev/tap3 which doesn't exist on my machine. >I'm a newbie to FreeBSD running FreeBSD 6 and trying wesside but got stuck >with this error message: "Can't open tap: ..." > >Any help apreciated! >Franz In FreeBSD 5.X and beyond the /dev entries are created automatically on bootup. If a device isn't being created check your dmesg that the device is found and properly identified. Some devices may need a kernel change or kernel module loaded. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.