Package: udev Version: 0.100-2 Severity: normal
I discovered that my udev had trouble when it failed to permit others than root to use the scanner. Then I found: udev doesn't work - it seems to both require and conflict with hotplug? # dpkg-reconfigure udev udev requires hotplug support, not started. ok, we require hotplug, so: # apt-get install hotplug Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: ifrename The following packages will be REMOVED: initng udev not what I wanted, so spell it out: apt-get install hotplug udev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done udev is already the newest version. Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: udev: Conflicts: hotplug E: Broken packages Hm, can't be done? Then I thought - maybe the message about hotplug support means kernel support, not a package. Let's test: $ zgrep HOTPLUG /proc/config.gz CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set Hm - kernel have hotplug, can't be that then. -- Package-specific info: -- /etc/udev/rules.d/: /etc/udev/rules.d/: totalt 8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2006-05-28 20:53 020_permissions.rules -> ../permissions.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-08-10 20:26 025_gpsd.rules -> ../gpsd.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-10-26 23:24 025_libgphoto2.rules -> ../libgphoto2.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-08-16 20:57 025_libsane.rules -> ../libsane.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-01-10 19:33 025_logitechmouse.rules -> ../logitechmouse.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-05-28 20:53 udev.rules -> ../udev.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-05-28 20:53 z20_persistent-input.rules -> ../persistent-input.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-05-28 20:53 z20_persistent.rules -> ../persistent.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 643 2006-09-10 21:23 z25_persistent-cd.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345 2006-09-10 21:23 z25_persistent-net.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2006-05-28 20:53 z45_persistent-net-generator.rules -> ../persistent-net-generator.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-05-28 20:53 z50_run.rules -> ../run.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-05-28 20:53 z55_hotplug.rules -> ../hotplug.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-08-16 23:34 z60_alsa-utils.rules -> ../alsa-utils.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2006-01-04 20:28 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2006-05-19 23:13 z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules -> ../xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2006-05-28 20:53 z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules -> ../cd-aliases-generator.rules -- /sys/: /sys/block/hda/dev /sys/block/loop0/dev /sys/block/loop1/dev /sys/block/loop2/dev /sys/block/loop3/dev /sys/block/loop4/dev /sys/block/loop5/dev /sys/block/loop6/dev /sys/block/loop7/dev /sys/block/md0/dev /sys/block/md2/dev 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/sys/devices/virtual/sound/sequencer2/dev /sys/devices/virtual/sound/sequencer/dev /sys/devices/virtual/sound/timer/dev /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs7/dev /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa7/dev /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa/dev /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs/dev -- Kernel configuration: isapnp_init not present. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-rc5-mm1 Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages udev depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 1.30.28-2 SELinux shared libraries ii libvolume-id0 0.100-2 libvolume_id shared library ii lsb-base 3.1-15 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip udev recommends no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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