Re: Bug#292831: udev: udev prevents X from beeing started
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- Subject: Re: Bug#292831: udev: udev prevents X from beeing started
- From: Jérôme Warnier <jwarnier@beeznest.net>
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 04:43:41 +0100
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Le lundi 31 janvier 2005 à 08:58 +0000, David Pashley a écrit :
> On Jan 31, 2005 at 04:46, Hamish Moffatt praised the llamas by saying:
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:31:03AM +0100, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > > > My package works as designed, but let me know if you can design
> > > > something better.
> > >
> > > Oh, so it's udev that's responsible for what IIRC is a race that can
> > > cause X to not see the ps/2 mouse if the module is loaded as part of X's
> > > setup? Nice design. :-P
> > >
> > > FWIW, we have worked around this bug in d-i unstable for at least i386
> > > and amd64 by always putting psmouse in /etc/modules.
> >
> > I did an amd64 install last week from the (then) current install image
> > and didn't end up with psmouse in /etc/modules; I added it by hand when
> > I found that udev was preventing X from starting. :-(
> >
> > I am yet to submit a report; my bad.
> >
> Surely the solution is for hotplug/discover to load it during bootup.
> Could hotplug use mdetect?
IIRC, mdetect does not support devfs, and devfs is still in use in the
installer, right?
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