From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev: no /dev/input/mice made
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:15:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051111171553.GA25883@vrfy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200511111647.jABGlcwv008824@orion.dwf.com>
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:47:38AM -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
> OK, something happened with my FC3 system, but now when
> I reboot, Windows won't come up.
What is "something"? What did you change?
> The problem is that /dev/input/mice is missing.
> If I make the directory and then the node, viz
>
> mkdir /dev/input
> mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63
>
> then all is well.
What does:
ls -l /sys/class/input/
print?
> I have to assume that udev is removing, and remaking this node
> each time I reboot.
Yes, that's intentional. /dev is on a tmpfs, its content does not
survive a reboot.
> What do I have to do to get it to do it right?
> As far as I can tell, the /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules file is untouched.
What kernel version?
What udev version?
Kay
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2005-11-11 16:47 udev: no /dev/input/mice made Reg Clemens
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