[arch-general] udev and/or device-mapper problem

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 11.02.2010 11:56, schrieb Karolina Lindqvist:
>> Your custom kernel is misconfigured, the most likely candidate being:
>>
>> $ zgrep CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED /proc/config.gz
>> # CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 is not set
>>
>> If this option is set to yes, udev will fail to create devices properly.
>> If the option is unset in your kernel, we have to look for the reason
>> further.
>>
> 
> Thank you for the fast help. That was exectly what I was looking for! I have 
> rebuilt the kernel with that change, and now it appears to work.

Glad my crystal ball was right. This option is needed if you run very
old userspace (udev, ...), but is fatal if you run very recent software.
With udev prior to 150, it mostly worked, but udev complained about it.
With udev 150 and later, things will simply fail.

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