From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 01:15:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA10873 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 01:15:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quadraplex.quadraplex.com (rush.netxn.com [209.135.13.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA10868 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 01:15:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckh@quadraplex.com) Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by quadraplex.quadraplex.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA00552; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 01:13:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckh@quadraplex.com) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 01:13:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Charles Hawkins To: Norman C Rice cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using the watch command. In-Reply-To: <19980822032626.A12900@emu.sourcee.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks that worked... I appreciate the info. On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Norman C Rice wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 08:53:21PM -0700, Charles Hawkins wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just installed FreeBSD last night, and I have run across a > > problem I can not figure out. > > > > When I attempt to WATCH a port I recieve the following error > > watch: fatal: can not open snoop device. > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this for me? > > This error message comes from the open_snp() function when > it can't open /dev/snp0, /dev/snp1, ..., /dev/snp9. Try > > cd /dev > ./MAKEDEV snp0 > > I assume that you are running a kernel built with something > similar to > > pseudo-device snp 10 > > -- > Regards, > Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message