udev: Most devices missing in default configuration

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #270940 http://bugs.debian.org/270940

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:55:54 +0200
From: Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: udev: Most devices missing in default configuration

Package: udev
Version: 0.030-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software

Today udev was installed on my system as a dependency of another package
(I guess). After rebooting everything using devices except for the very
most common such as tty's and hard disks broke.

After some time I figured out that most of my devices where missing and
also that I could not restore them.

I remembered that a new package called udev was installed and found
that it was started in /etc/rcS.d. I removed it (mv S04udev K04udev)
and voila all devices where back.

Conclusion: For some reason it is not the default compatibility devices
in /etc/udev that are loaded but a VERY minor part of them.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.ISO-8859-15

Versions of packages udev depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.2 Debian configuration management sy
ii hotplug 0.0.20040329-14 Linux Hotplug Scripts
ii initscripts 2.86-1 Standard scripts needed for bootin
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libnewt0.51 0.51.6-5 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - tex
ii makedev 2.3.1-74 Creates device files in /dev

-- debconf information:
  udev/devfs-warning:
* udev/reboot-warning:

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:54:43 +0200
From: Marco d'Itri <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#270940: udev: Most devices missing in default configuration

On Sep 09, Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden> wrote:

> Conclusion: For some reason it is not the default compatibility devices
> in /etc/udev that are loaded but a VERY minor part of them.
This is a duplicate. Use compat-full.rules if you really care.

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ciao, |
Marco | [7905 pep6jxCSzDXn2]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:55:17 +0200
From: Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#270940 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#270940: udev: Most devices missing in
 default configuration)

Citerar Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>:

>=20
> On Sep 09, Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden> wrote:
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> > Conclusion: For some reason it is not the default compatibility devic=
es
> > in /etc/udev that are loaded but a VERY minor part of them.
> This is a duplicate. Use compat-full.rules if you really care.

Hi,

I tried to find it in the database but didn't. Do you have the number?

BR

/Thomas

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Thomas "Thuben" Nilsson
E-mail: <email address hidden>
Web: http://www.thuben.com

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:14:58 +0200
From: Marco d'Itri <email address hidden>
To: Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#270940: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#270940: udev: Most devices missing in
 default configuration)

On Sep 10, Thomas Nilsson <email address hidden> wrote:

> I tried to find it in the database but didn't. Do you have the number?
#261559

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ciao, |
Marco | [7921 riXbf2lH7udGY]

The basics of the report is that udev creates devices only when the modules are
loaded, barring some things that are expected to be there.
The postinst already has logic to create the symlinks correctly if devfs is in
use, and I don't think we need to more than that.