On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 01:23:30PM -0500, alex lupu wrote: > > > And if it does solve it, *please* be wary of updating udev to a > > newer version in a completed system! Do it if you have to, but > > expect problems :) > > Can you elaborate on that a little bit (*please* add more sweet music)? > [Assume it does solve the problem here on my "old" rig (E8400)] > In the old days (before systemd ate it), all sorts of things in udev changed. I can recall that the details of how to successfully invoke udevadm (?) to report on a usb stick or usb drive have changed over the years. I'm also sure that there have been other bootscript changes related to changes in udev.
Personally, I updated udev on all of my then-current systems a few years ago, after a vulnerability was disclosed. But it isn't something I would choose to do, and I find it hard to imagine that a newer version will now bring anything useful to most people. Obviously, there are still specific changes for keymaps on newer laptops, and occasional new things like scm block devices [ I'm just reading git log for standalone-udev, I guess those changes were cherry-picked from systemd ]. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
