Package: udev
Version: 0.076-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

I installed udev; I did *not* purge /etc/hotplug, as requested during install, 
because I noticed that udev actually uses information in /etc/hotplug.

When I attempt to boot 2.6.12 I get a kernel panic:

/sbin/init: 432 cannot create /dev/null
/sbin/init: 433 cannot open dev/console
Kernel panic -- not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I get this problem with 2.6.12 when I attempt to boot with udev on and devfs 
off; and I can't boot under 2.6.14 at all.

I thought the problem might be my DELAY=10 and/or BUSYBOX, but when I try a 
boot image with DELAY=0 I get the same problem.

My /dev shows all the /dev/vc* files I would expect as well as all the 
/dev/tty* files I would expect.

(The "local_rules" file below mounts a flash drive or an iRiver mp3 player when 
it's plugged into USB. It works without any problems.)

I created a /dev/.static with console, null, and zero in it, but that doesn't 
seem to make any difference. 

I expect that this is all a user error, but I haven't found any explicit 
migration information from devfs to udev. Am I supposed to rm /dev/*, for 
example? It's a bit of mystery, and of course if I rm /dev/* I'm not clear how 
I'd get it back if I have to go backwards to devfs.



-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/udev/rules.d/:
/etc/udev/rules.d/:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 27 11:31 010_local_rules.rules -> ../ums.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 27 08:02 020_permissions.rules -> 
../permissions.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Oct 17 07:31 025_libgphoto2.rules -> 
../libgphoto2.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 31 09:23 025_libsane.rules -> ../libsane.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 27 08:02 cd-aliases.rules -> ../cd-aliases.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 27 08:02 compat-full.rules -> ../compat-full.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 27 08:02 devfs.rules -> ../devfs.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 27 08:02 z20_persistent.rules -> 
../persistent.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 27 08:02 z50_run.rules -> ../run.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Nov 27 08:02 z55_hotplug.rules -> ../hotplug.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Aug  4 08:39 z60_alsa-utils.rules -> 
../alsa-utils.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 20 05:36 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 27 08:02 z70_hotplugd.rules -> ../hotplugd.rules

-- /sys/:
/sys/block/hda/dev
/sys/block/hda/hda1/dev
/sys/block/hda/hda2/dev
/sys/block/hda/hda3/dev
/sys/block/hdc/dev
/sys/block/hdd/dev
/sys/block/md1/dev
/sys/block/md2/dev
/sys/block/md3/dev
/sys/block/ram0/dev
/sys/block/ram1/dev
/sys/block/ram10/dev
/sys/block/ram11/dev
/sys/block/ram12/dev
/sys/block/ram13/dev
/sys/block/ram14/dev
/sys/block/ram15/dev
/sys/block/ram2/dev
/sys/block/ram3/dev
/sys/block/ram4/dev
/sys/block/ram5/dev
/sys/block/ram6/dev
/sys/block/ram7/dev
/sys/block/ram8/dev
/sys/block/ram9/dev
/sys/block/sda/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda1/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda2/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda3/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda4/dev
/sys/class/drm/card0/dev
/sys/class/input/event0/dev
/sys/class/input/event1/dev
/sys/class/input/event2/dev
/sys/class/input/mice/dev
/sys/class/input/mouse0/dev
/sys/class/misc/agpgart/dev
/sys/class/misc/device-mapper/dev
/sys/class/misc/psaux/dev
/sys/class/misc/rtc/dev
/sys/class/printer/lp0/dev
/sys/class/scsi_generic/sg0/dev
/sys/class/sound/adsp/dev
/sys/class/sound/audio/dev
/sys/class/sound/controlC0/dev
/sys/class/sound/dsp/dev
/sys/class/sound/mixer/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0c/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0p/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1c/dev
/sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1p/dev
/sys/class/sound/timer/dev
/sys/class/usb/lp0/dev

-- Kernel configuration:


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages udev depends on:
ii  initscripts                   2.86.ds1-6 Standard scripts needed for bootin
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libselinux1                   1.26-1     SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsepol1                     1.8-1      Security Enhanced Linux policy lib
ii  lsb-base                      3.0-11     Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip
ii  makedev                       2.3.1-79   creates device files in /dev
ii  sed                           4.1.4-4    The GNU sed stream editor

udev recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information


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