On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:48:43PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > | > | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > | > | > The thing with udev is it is all userspace, therefore it works with > | > | > any 2.6 kernel (that has SYSFS in it). You can upgrade udev without > | > | > touching your kernel, unlike devfs. I've been using udev for a few > | > | > weeks now (since 0.18 arrived in "experimental") and I haven't had > | > | > any major problems (only a hurdle or two). > | > | > | > | OK. So how does it work? You've got my interest piqued. Does it > | > | work kinda like devfs, or does it maintain the devices nodes on disk? > | > > | > Have you booted with a 2.6 kernel yet? If so, take a look in /sys. > | > | Is this automatic with Debian kernel packages? With a DIY 2.6 I had to > | create /sys and mount it by hand (the /etc/fstab entry is as for /proc > | but s/proc/sys/g). > > $ dlocate /etc/init.d/mountkernfs > libc6: /etc/init.d/mountkernfs > > $ dpkg -l libc6 > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
Ah, all becomes clear: $ dpkg -l libc6 ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ...I'm still on woody. Hopefully my ADSL will be activated in a week or two and it'll be practical to upgrade! -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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