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On 23/02/2013 19:18, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hi, Gentoo! |
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> Just built the new kernel 3.7.9 last night, and it's one of these |
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> "nothing works" situations. |
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> It seems the problems are with the device files, whose ownership is set |
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> to "root root" (rather than, e.g., "root audio") and whose permissions |
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> are set to crw------- (rather than the expected crw-rw----). |
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> I'm still running udev-171-r10. This might well make a difference. |
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> Needless to say, everything works under kernel 3.6.11. It would be nice |
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> if there were some mistake in my kernel config. |
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> Could somebody help me get this fixed, please. |
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udev sets ownership and permissions on devices nodes, not the kernel. |
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I'd guess your udev setup is incompatible with 3.7.* so let's start with |
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the usual: |
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What is your kernel config for the various TMPFS settings in the kernel? |
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(grep TMPFS in .config) |
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What mount options apply to /dev? |
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Contents of /etc/fstab? |
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USE flags that apply to udev? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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