Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- To: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
- Cc: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>, 398924@bugs.debian.org, Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>, pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org, sjoerd@debian.org, slomo@ubuntu.com, biebl@debian.org, ukai@debian.or.jp
- Subject: Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:41:53 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20061117154153.GB1190@aragorn>
- Reply-to: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>, 398924@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20061117020554.GC5729@mauritius.dodds.net>
- References: <20061115205013.GA27825@aragorn> <[🔎] 20061116162722.GA25027@aragorn> <[🔎] 20061116165517.GO2733@mails.so.argh.org> <[🔎] 20061116174307.GA31524@aragorn> <20061115205013.GA27825@aragorn> <[🔎] 20061116162722.GA25027@aragorn> <[🔎] 20061116165517.GO2733@mails.so.argh.org> <[🔎] 20061116172622.GB20496@bongo.bofh.it> <[🔎] 20061117020554.GC5729@mauritius.dodds.net>
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 06:05:54PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 06:43:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> > Upgrading kernel first would fix this problem, but I'm not confident to tell
> > if that wouldn't bring other -perhaps worse- problems.
>
> Well, I guess one benefit is that if you install the kernel first, the
> window between hotplug being removed and the new kernel being configured
> *should* be reduced. If you don't upgrade the kernel first, there's a
> possibility that some other package (such as gnome, but there are many
> others) will pull udev in and kick hotplug out early in the upgrade, perhaps
> even in a completely separate apt run from the kernel upgrade.
Sounds good. I'll try it this evening and see what happens.
> > We claim to that we support Linux 2.4 with etch userland, but:
>
> > - udev doesn't support linux 2.4 (at least not the version shipped with
> > etch).
> > - installing the new gnome-desktop-environment got rid of hotplug.
>
> Please bear in mind that etch's support for Linux 2.4 is intended to be on a
> transitional basis *only*; i.e., it's intended that when someone
> dist-upgrades from sarge to etch, their packages come up in a working state
> *until they have a chance to reboot to the etch kernel*. It is not intended
> that users run etch on a 2.4 kernel indefinitely, so given the complexity of
> this upgrade I'm not bothered if there's a point of no return after which
> rebooting to 2.4 no longer gives a fully working system -- as long as
> booting to 2.6.18 *is* possible...
Ok, but that doesn't change the situation AFAICT.
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- Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
- Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
- Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
- Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)
- Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4
- From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>