Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-25 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Alan. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 01:47:55AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 24/02/2013 23:40, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 06:08:19PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 24/02/2013 13:02, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wro

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/02/2013 23:40, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Alan. > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 06:08:19PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 24/02/2013 13:02, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Gento

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Alan. On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 06:08:19PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 24/02/2013 13:02, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>> Hi, Gentoo! > >>> Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last nig

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/02/2013 13:02, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> Hi, Gentoo! > >>> Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last night, and it's one of these >>> "nothing works" situations. > > Sorry, I was exagge

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-24 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:19AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, Gentoo! > > Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last night, and it's one of these > > "nothing works" situations. Sorry, I was exaggerating here. I can work normally as long as I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Gentoo! > > Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last night, and it's one of these > "nothing works" situations. > > It seems the problems are with the device files, whose ownership is set > to "root root" (rather than, e.g., "root audio") and whose per

[gentoo-user] Kernel 3.7.9: Lots of devices are root root rw-------.

2013-02-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo! Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last night, and it's one of these "nothing works" situations. It seems the problems are with the device files, whose ownership is set to "root root" (rather than, e.g., "root audio") and whose permissions are set to crw--- (rather than the expected