[arch-general] udev

[Juan Diego Tascón]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Alexander Duscheleit <jinks at archlinux.us> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:55:33 +0900
> Juan Diego Tascón <juantascon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net>
>> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 15:49 +0900, Juan Diego Tascón wrote:
>> >> Actually it is installed, it is called gspca_zc3xx, if I load it
>> >> the webcam works, the thing is it is not being loaded automatically
>> >>
>> >> > All modules have device aliases for the devices it supports.
>> >> > Udev just tries to load a module by devicename and gives your
>> >> > error if it can't succeed.
>> >>
>> >> Should I report this to the udev developers?
>> >
>> > When I run "modinfo gspca_zc3xx", I get an alias for your device
>> > (usb:v0AC8p305Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* matches). This is with kernel
>> > 2.6.34 from testing. What kernel do you use? Older versions might
>> > not have the device alias assigned to the module.

Ive tried the kernel 2.6.34 and I get the same result, the thing is
that I remember it used to work well, and suddenly in a kernel update
(not sure which one) it stop working

>>
>> I just updated my kernel to the testing version that you mentioned but
>> I am still getting the same message. Do you know where these rules are
>> stored?
>>
>
> The aliases are generated from device and id lists in the relevant
> source file during the kernel build process.
>
> in your case that would be:
>  {USB_DEVICE(0x0ac8, 0x305b), DVNM("Z-star Vimicro zc0305b")},
> in
>  drivers/media/video/gspca/zc3xx.c
>
> That id is in that file since it's creation somewhere between 2.6.26
> and 2.6.27_r1.
>
> Are you sure, you have a recent udev and it's properly configured?

well I haven't changed anything in udev configuration, I've tried
reinstalling udev but still the same error

>
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