On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 08:18:10AM -0700, Nick Jacobs wrote: > > > Florian Kulzer-3 wrote: > > > > As far as I understand udev, it should always use the lowest free lpX > > node for a new printer. > > > That's just the problem, it doesn't always. If it did that consistently, > nobody would have had a problem when upgrading from devfs/hotplug. It looks > to me as though we have "upgraded" from something that was stable and worked > (despite having some theoretical deficiencies) to something that is > bug-ridden and unsuitable for general use (despite being theoretically > wonderful). just .02, and not trying to deny or put down anyone's problems with udev. And I'm sure you ()and many) are very frustrated. I've had exactly 0 (zero) trouble with udev from day one on my 5 real and 3 virtual debian machines. I suspect that is the case in most applications. I think that the issue is that when it does go wrong, it can go horribly wrong. But I also think it is plenty ready for general usage. cheers A
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