Am Dienstag, 22. August 2006 18:43 schrieb kelsey hudson: > It is mandatory. Old udev may still run, but it probably isn't working > right (and may not even know it). udev is a complicated little bastard > to get running properly, so beware when you try and upgrade it. It's > better, if you're not willing to risk making your system unbootable, > that you wait for your OS vendor to ship an updated udev package. If > you're running something like an old fedora core, attempt to get the > srpm from a newer fedora and compile it for use with your fedora. i've > had better luck with that (although i still had to end up haxxing spec > files and such). Also, remember that once you upgrade udev, you won't be > able to boot into older kernels (read: your failsafe kernel). > So, you really do jump head-first into the deep-end when you upgrade it... > > Good luck! > -kelsey
Well. Out of curiosity I compiled 2.6.17.9 and didn't bother installing udev at all. I'm typing this right now with this kernel. Modules built alright, hardware is all there, even the USB DVB-T module works... I seriously can't see anything that doesn't work. Am I missing something? -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
