On Thursday, 1 August 2019 20:29:08 BST Jack wrote: > On 2019.08.01 09:59, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > since the upgrade from systemd-242-r6 to systemd-243_rc1 I cannot > > mount my (external) USB drive any more. > > I get > > kernel: sd 10:0:0:0: [sde] Assuming drive cache: write through > > kernel: sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 sde4 sde5 sde6 sde7 > > kernel: systemd-udevd[480887]: > > Assertion 'key' failed at > > src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.c:34, > > function device_add_property(). Aborting. > > > > The strange thing is, I don't use systemd on start-up (I'm using > > openrc) but I have systemd installed here. > > This configuration has been working for a very long time. > > > > Many thanks for a hint, > > Helmut > > Helmut, > > You say you don't use systemd on start-up, but is any of it running > when you get this error? If you aren't using it at start-up, I wonder > what the implcations are of having it installed - where might it have > insinuated itself, so it gets called instead of something else you > might have expected. > > Next time you get the error, can you do "ps auxf" to see if you can > tell what processes called systemd-udevd? > > Jack
Could it be the systemd upgrade you refer to interfered with any udev rules you had set up to deal with your external drive, or in any case changes in udev rules are no longer agreeable with your external device? -- Regards, Mick
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