Re: Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-17 Thread Jim McCloskey
|> > Plain old static device files can still work, udev is just a nice |> > convenience that makes life easier. |> |> ... or would be if it actually worked. What have you had trouble with? I have 2.6.14.4 and udev 076 from testing and everything just worked (on 2 desktops and a laptop) with no

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-17 Thread Seeker5528
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:45:03 -0800 Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I'm using udev on this box. Not that I like it, not that I give a > tinker's damn about demonstrating how big my d*ck is by how empty I can > make /dev (and that emptiness has meant I've had to write rules for every >

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-15 Thread Colin
Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:29:17PM -0600, Jacob S wrote: > > >>Plain old static device files can still work, udev is just a nice >>convenience that makes life easier. > > > ... or would be if it actually worked. Works great for me! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Marc Wilson wrote: On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:00:04PM +0200, David Baron wrote: Udev on Sid requires 2.6.12 or newer kernels. I have 2.6.11 and 2.6.14 (which must have udev). Until 2.6.14 is demonstrably working with udev, I do not want to get rid of 2.6.11 (which uses devfs and current hotplu

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-15 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:29:17PM -0600, Jacob S wrote: > Plain old static device files can still work, udev is just a nice > convenience that makes life easier. ... or would be if it actually worked. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Patriotism is supp

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-14 Thread Jacob S
On 14 Dec 2005 22:41:27 -0500 David Zelinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Udev on Sid requires 2.6.12 or newer kernels. I have 2.6.11 and > > 2.6.14 (which must have udev). > > When I upgraded from 2.4 kernel to 2.6.14 I also installed udev along > t

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-14 Thread David Zelinsky
David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Udev on Sid requires 2.6.12 or newer kernels. I have 2.6.11 and 2.6.14 (which > must have udev). When I upgraded from 2.4 kernel to 2.6.14 I also installed udev along the way -- I don't remember why. But I later removed udev because some device files we

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-14 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:00:04PM +0200, David Baron wrote: > Udev on Sid requires 2.6.12 or newer kernels. I have 2.6.11 and 2.6.14 (which > must have udev). Until 2.6.14 is demonstrably working with udev, I do not > want to get rid of 2.6.11 (which uses devfs and current hotplug). Can udev be

Re: Changing over to udev

2005-12-14 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:00:04 +0200 David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If, indeed, this must be done--this provides hotplug functionality as > well. > > Does it need to be in control? As of now, many things are modprobed > before hotplug and hotplug says "already loaded". Might be quite > di

Changing over to udev

2005-12-14 Thread David Baron
If, indeed, this must be done--this provides hotplug functionality as well. Does it need to be in control? As of now, many things are modprobed before hotplug and hotplug says "already loaded". Might be quite difficult to find and sort all this out. Hotplug/udev might be self-sufficient without