Whatever udev may be showing is trumped by the fact that my stylus, sound card and other USB devices did not work until I added the relevant lines in /etc/modules. Given that it happened *immediately* after updating from Breezy to Dapper, it seems reasonable to assume a change in that upgrade caused the problem.
I'm a little disappointed with the implication that the problem doesn't exist because of the contents log file. Whatever udev *said* it was doing, it wasn't working properly. It's also true that the /var/udev file attached was from the system with the work-around already applied. Perhaps someone can suggest some further diagnostic tests. FYI, I've been programming professionally on Linux (though on RedHat-based systems) since 1999, so with a little guidance I might be able to offer some useful feedback. -- Some modules are not automatically loaded after dist-upgrade from 5.10 to 6.06 beta https://launchpad.net/bugs/41144 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs