Bug#301450: xserver-xfree86: Can't open apm_bios device when using devfs device naming rules
Roger Leigh wrote:
> Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> writes:
>
>
>> About 2 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding the X
>> server not being able to open apm_bios when using devfs naming rules.
>> With udev replacing devfs, the bug might have disappeared. Did you
>> reproduce this problem recently? If not, I will close this bug in the
>> next weeks.
>>
>
> With the removal of devfs, the problem still exists, but can probably
> now be considered a non-problem, given that devfs users have had to
> "upgrade" to udev (that's what I did). However, the naming rules
> themselves are not tied to devfs; you can use them with udev, for
> example, or with static devices, and so I think the "devfs-style"
> device name should be supported by the code which opens apm_bios. At
> the very least, device names should not be hardcoded; a configuration
> option would be useful here.
>
Ok I see. Unless somebody comes with a good reason to rename
/dev/apm_bios (apart from using your devfs rules in udev for backward
compatibility), I guess this will endup being tagged as wontfix :/
Brice
Reply to: