From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262254AbVFSPjf (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:39:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262256AbVFSPjf (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:39:35 -0400 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:4617 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262254AbVFSPj3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:39:29 -0400 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.12 udev hangs at boot Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:39:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506191639.27970.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Haninger wrote: > Anyway, just a heads-up to anyone else experiencing a breaking of > 'less' and missing /dev files. Yep... I had 'less' break too (you will find 'man' is broke also, rolling on from that). It turns out to be a problem (typo?) in /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules Try changing: # pty devices KERNEL="pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="pty/m%n", SYMLINK="%k" KERNEL="tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="tty/s%n", SYMLINK="%k" to: # pty devices KERNEL="pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="pty/m%n", SYMLINK="%k" KERNEL="tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="pty/s%n", SYMLINK="%k" (change is in second line tty -> pty) As to the missing /dev/ entries - remember you are using udev now - they appear 'on the fly' as and when you plug something in - ensure you have set 'hotplug' to start. Nick -- "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, Give a whistle..."