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walt wrote: |
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> On 09/10/2009 03:43 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> Jonathan Callen (ABCD) wrote: |
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>>> Dale wrote: |
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>>>> Hi folks, |
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>>>> I was browsing around and noticed that I now have a udev in |
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>>>> /etc/init.d/. I checked, it is not running but udevd is not running |
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>>>> either. See below: |
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>>> |
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>>>>> root@smoker / # /etc/init.d/udev status |
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>>>>> * status: stopped |
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>>>>> root@smoker / # |
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>>>>> root@smoker / # ps aux | grep udev |
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>>>>> root 30451 0.0 0.0 1888 504 pts/0 R+ 16:04 0:00 grep |
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>>>>> --colour=auto udev |
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>>>>> root@smoker / # |
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> |
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>>>> Also, keep in mind, everything works fine. I just don't want to |
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>>>> add it |
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>>>> to boot or default runlevels and then break something. |
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>>> |
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>>> In baselayout-1, udev is started directly by baselayout itself, outside |
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>>> of any init scripts. In baselayout-2/openrc, an initscript is |
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>>> needed to |
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>>> start udev. If you actually read the script, you may notice that the |
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>>> script will immediately fail if you attempt to run it on a baselayout-1 |
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>>> system, as it isn't needed... |
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>> |
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>> ...Anyway, I used ps and less to list those processes and noticed |
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>> that udev was not running. It used to be running in the past. |
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> |
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> I was surprised to read Jonathan's post, but I see he's right. On my |
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> x86 machine the status of udev is "stopped" and on ~amd64 it's "started". |
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> |
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> But both machines show that /sbin/udevd is indeed running, so I can see |
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> why you are uneasy about your status quo. |
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> |
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> Have you tried running /sbin/udevd --daemon from a command prompt? When |
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> I try it I get a message that udevd is already running. |
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> |
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OK. Now I feel better. I used your command and now it is running. I |
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hope it will run when I reboot. o_O |
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root@smoker / # /sbin/udevd --daemon |
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root@smoker / # ps aux | grep udev |
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root 2595 0.0 0.0 2204 780 ? S<s 20:23 0:00 |
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/sbin/udevd --daemon |
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root 2599 0.0 0.0 1888 512 pts/0 S+ 20:23 0:00 grep |
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--colour=auto udev |
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root@smoker / # |
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At least I know udev works now. I was hoping that something hadn't been |
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broken and I just didn't notice it. |
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Thanks much for the info. I know how to start it if it is not running |
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at least. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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