On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:52:53 -0500 hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 02:01:18PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Magnus Therning wrote: > > >I am somewhat surprised to find so many devices in /dev when using udev > > >(on Sid): > > > > > > % ls /dev|wc -l > > > 662 > > > > > >More than 600 entries in /dev is hardly the lean mean /dev promised by > > >udev... > > > > > >Under other Linux distros I've ended up with _far_fewer_ devices. Are > > >all devices in /dev created by udev under Debian, or is there some other > > >tool that creates additional ones? > > >How can I get rid of the ones I don't need? > > > > > >/M > > > > > > > 1643 no udev. > > > > H > > > > Is this an answer? > > -- hendrik sorry couldn't resist (see other post) ummm.. I can only assume that the default and probably very permissive udev rules just create a lot more devices than are needed. mine has a whole ton of pty's and tty's that I surely don't need, but some device spawns this massive pile of them. Editing the udev rules would probably clean this up? A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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