On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:10:44 +0200 Thanasis <[email protected]> wrote:
> on 01/23/2013 04:41 AM »Q« wrote the following: > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:57:59 +0000 > > Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sunday 20 January 2013 08:51:43 Philip Webb wrote: > >>> I just tried upgrading to udev-197 , which is supposed to be > >>> stable. There were multiple problems & I'm now back with > >>> udev-171 . > >> > >> My daily update pulled in udev-197-r3. The installation went > >> smoothly but I decided I ought to reboot to check that I could. I > >> couldn't. Udev couldn't start because my kernel config didn't have > >> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y. So I booted my rescue system on the same disk, > >> chrooted in and built a new kernel with that option. On rebooting > >> everything was fine. > >> > >> Just a note for anyone else who may not have that kernel option. > > > > This got me too. Now there's a discussion in -dev about making > > config warnings fatal. > > > > It hit me too, as I hadn't noticed any warning messages..., maybe the > messages were added afterwards..., or I was not careful enough... A news item about this is coming down the wire very soon now (aka within hours judging by the thread on -dev). Unfortunately, it's too late for you now but at least many other users will see the message before they emerge world and save them some pain -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
