Roger Leigh wrote: > Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> About 2 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding the X >> server not being able to open apm_bios when using devfs naming rules. >> With udev replacing devfs, the bug might have disappeared. Did you >> reproduce this problem recently? If not, I will close this bug in the >> next weeks. >> > > With the removal of devfs, the problem still exists, but can probably > now be considered a non-problem, given that devfs users have had to > "upgrade" to udev (that's what I did). However, the naming rules > themselves are not tied to devfs; you can use them with udev, for > example, or with static devices, and so I think the "devfs-style" > device name should be supported by the code which opens apm_bios. At > the very least, device names should not be hardcoded; a configuration > option would be useful here. >
Ok I see. Unless somebody comes with a good reason to rename /dev/apm_bios (apart from using your devfs rules in udev for backward compatibility), I guess this will endup being tagged as wontfix :/ Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
