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