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On Wednesday 12 December 2012 08:07:46 AM IST, James wrote: |
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> OK so lots of updates (mostly kde 4.9.3) |
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> to several systems today. 2 or the 3 are fine |
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> One got hosed. Error message upon reboot |
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> config_devdmpfs=y is required in your kernel configuration |
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> for this version of udev to run successfully |
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> this requires immediate action |
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> mdev: sys/class no such file mdev |
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> Error udev-mount failed to start |
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> Error cannot start udev as udev-mo9unt would not start |
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> So I booted the system with system rescue |
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> and got the partitions mounted |
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> (boot and /) / contains /var and /usr |
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> looking into : /mnt/gentoo/new/usr/portage/sys-fs/udev |
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> I cannot tell what version of udev (udev mount) |
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> and others (udev-init-scipts ?) were installed |
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> and how to roll this back. |
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> Any guidance on rolling back these errors is most |
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> welcome |
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> James |
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It's not a udev problem. You need to recompile your kernel with |
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devtmpfs support. |
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It can be found in device-drviers -> generic driver options. |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |