FS#2504 - udev doesn't run on boot if hotplug is not installed

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 05 April 2005, 22:15 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

udev fails to run with no warning on boot if hotplug is not installed.

a workaround is to do something like:

if [ ! -x /sbin/hotplug ]; then
echo "/sbin/udev" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
fi

before udev is started so that modules loaded in rc.conf will create their device nodes if hotplug isn't installed
This task depends upon

Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 05:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  hotplug is in udev's depends() list
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 08 April 2005, 11:51 GMT
I think hotplug should be a dependency for udev. Other distros like debian also do it this way.

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