From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262110AbVFRND0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:03:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262111AbVFRND0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:03:26 -0400 Received: from mail.metronet.co.uk ([213.162.97.75]:21137 "EHLO mail.metronet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262110AbVFRNDW (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:03:22 -0400 From: Alistair John Strachan To: Nick Warne Subject: Re: 2.6.12 udev hangs at boot Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:03:41 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200506181332.25287.nick@linicks.net> In-Reply-To: <200506181332.25287.nick@linicks.net> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506181403.41212.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 18 Jun 2005 13:32, you wrote: > Hi All, > > 2.6.12, GCC 3.4.4 on Slackware 10 base > > New 2.6.12 build hangs at initialising udev dynamic device directory on > boot. I used make oldconfig from 2.6.11.12, and all the new changes I > selected N, all bar nvidia FB support (I built several times, as I have a > GeForce4 card, so suspected the nvidia FB support at first and turned off). > > 2.6.11.12 works perfect. > > I have just spent an hour or so investigating, but I am none the wiser. > > Ideas what could be causing this? I had this problem because I was running an ancient version of udev (0.34, versus 0.58, at the time..). Try upgrading udev if it's out of date. -- Cheers, Alistair. personal: alistair()devzero!co!uk university: s0348365()sms!ed!ac!uk student: CS/CSim Undergraduate contact: 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh. EH8 9PP.