Adolph Weidanz wrote:
Hey all...
I was up on the kernel site and the latest version of udev on http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ is udev-100, the latest RPM I've found for 10.1 is udev-085-30.11 Check out http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-jmorris/suse101/ I built a x86_64 package, based on the Factory version. If you need i386, you could rebuild the src.rpm. Now the udev site says "please use the packages provided by your distro instead of trying to install from the source tree." The README has dire warnings "Integrating udev in the system is a whole lot of work, has complex dependencies and differs a lot from distro to distro. All major distros depend on udev these days and the system may not work without a proper installed version. The upstream udev project does not support or recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version. The installation of a unmodified upstream version may render your system unusable."
Sounds like wise advice.
So does anyone know of an RPM of the latest or is running the -100 that is willing to pass on what worked and what didn't? I am running 2.6.16.13-4-default.
I would recommend upgrading your kernel to at least 2.6.16.21-0.13 for the security fixes, and I would suggest keeping the stock udev. I am using the package I built, but am running a 2.6.17.13 self-built kernel, as well as the 2.6.18-rc5-1.1-default (just for testing). If your version above is a typo, you are free to try the package referenced above. It works OK for me, but YMMV. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871