ioctl (input/output control) is a system call for device-specific input/output operations and other operations which cannot be expressed by regular file semantics
Questions tagged [ioctl]
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Use clipboard through WSL?
I'm trying to get WSL to utilize my clipboard so I can update files from the output via xsel -b > my-umatrix-rules.txt. However, I'm getting the following error:
xsel: Can't open display: (null) : Inappropriate ioctl for device
I assume this has…
Guitarmony
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IOCTL call error when trying to format an SD card
Found an SD card (1GB) lying around. Thought I might pop that into my card reader and see if anything is on it. Nothing. There isn't even a file system on it.
I right-click and go "format" but nothing happens. So I try in command.
> format…
masfenix
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Upon reboot, Linux software raid fails to include one device of a RAID1 array
One of my four Linux software raid arrays drops one of its two devices when I reboot my system. The other three arrays work fine. I am running RAID1 on kernel version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian Squeeze). Every time I reboot, /dev/md2 comes up with only…
user1389890
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hdparm "Get/set IDE 32-bit IO setting" returns "IO_support =-2130557184 (???)" error
I'm trying to debug my Macbook Air SSD but am getting IO_support errors.
hdparm -c /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
IO_support =-2130557184 (???)
hdparm -c0 /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 0
IO_support =-2130557184 (???)
hdparm…
jonny
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lvconvert creating cached LV - results in device-mapper: reload ioctl on (254:0) failed: Invalid argument
On Sles15, after successfully creating the Meta and Cache LVs and combining them with lvconvert, I then go to associate the Cachepool with the slow LV and get the following error:
lvconvert --type cache --cachepool vgVMs9/VMs9Cache vgVMs9/VMs9
Do…
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Have to eject DVD after every write with growisofs
I am writing files to a DVD with growisofs once a day. Each time I append to the DVD, I have to eject the DVD and then re-load the DVD in order to see the file I just wrote. I am using RHEL 5.0 and to initialize a blank DVD, I use the…
Kevin S.
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How do I disable the "SECURITY FREEZE LOCK" on my SATA hard disk?
I am sending ATA commands to SATA HDD using IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH in windows. IDENTIFY DEVICE (ECh) ATA commands returns 256 words of data.
Word 128, Bit 3 is set in the returned data, and according to ATA specs the bit denotes Device is in…
user2185864
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e2label: sending ioctl 127c to a partition! in /var/messages
I'm currently trying to setup a debain (2.6.32-5-amd64/Debian 2.6.32-41squeeze2) webserver on a virtual host machine. Taking a look at my log messages I found the following message in /var/messages (4 messages every 5 minutes):
(...) e2label:…
jus
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ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed: Device or resource busy
I'm trying to get Backtrack to run on my Droid DNA. I've been tweaking the script little by little but I still come up with the following. I changed the loop on it, and another program always seems to jump in front, or I still get the ioctl error,…
Joseph
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