On 2/2/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > This only affects clfs at the moment (lfs is still using an older > > version of udev). A lot of people are reporting 'udevsend: main: error > > sending message: Connection refused' messages, I've now tracked it down > > and discovered that our (clfs) hotplug is not working (specifically, > > when I connected my usb printer, the node /dev/usb/lp0 was not getting > > created). > > > > I eventually found a post from Kay Sievers on the hotplug list in > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=13974821 > > saying that from udev076 the initscript has to start udevd --daemon > > (this apparently used to happen through udevsend). > > > > I've knocked up a quick patch for the installed /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev > > which fixes this for me. In the CLFS book, either we can ask for new > > bootscripts, at least until such time as the udev changes get into the > > book, or we can just do a proper patch for the lfs-bootscripts tarball > > as a short-term measure. > > > > I think Jim's preference is for a clean new bootscripts tarball, so > > I'll start by asking for that, please. > > > > Of course, I don't know what Matt's udev plans are, and whether or not > > lfs itself will also need udevd --daemon. > > Yes, we will need udevd --daemon. I've committed the changes I had > planned for the big udev upgrade to the "udev_update" branch of the book > this evening. There's a couple of issues left to fix up, but it should > be pretty usable already. Here's what needs to happen before it gets > merged to trunk: > > 1) Fix the FIXME comment regarding not being able to run /sbin/udevstart > to populate /dev in immediately following the udev installation in > chapter 6. > 2) Add the helper binaries to the list of installed files, with > explanations of what they do > 3) Get plenty of testing done to see what I've broken, particularly with > regard to module handling. I have a feeling more rules are needed in > order to cope with other buses/subsystems - what I committed was what I > could easily test with my USB MP3 player. > 4) Merge whatever new rules we come up with into a new version of the > rules file. > 5) Release a stable version of lfs-bootscripts with the udev patch in > it, and all remains of hotplug removed. > > I'd like this to happen within 4 weeks, so if anyone wants to help test, > now's the perfect time. I can't get a render done this evening, so > anyone who wants to read the HTML will have to render it themselves, > unless someone would be so kind as to make it available on the web > somewhere. > > Thanks, > > Matt
I'll see what I can do with the bootscripts tomorrow, although udev is not one of my strong points [change udevsend to udev --daemon, and allow use of /lib/udev (I could have the directory slightly off), is what I understand] -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ nathan at linuxfromscratch org conathan at gmail com
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