Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 06:05:54PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 06:43:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> 
> > Upgrading kernel first would fix this problem, but I'm not confident to tell
> > if that wouldn't bring other -perhaps worse- problems.
> 
> Well, I guess one benefit is that if you install the kernel first, the
> window between hotplug being removed and the new kernel being configured
> *should* be reduced.  If you don't upgrade the kernel first, there's a
> possibility that some other package (such as gnome, but there are many
> others) will pull udev in and kick hotplug out early in the upgrade, perhaps
> even in a completely separate apt run from the kernel upgrade.

Sounds good.  I'll try it this evening and see what happens.

> > We claim to that we support Linux 2.4 with etch userland, but:
> 
> >   - udev doesn't support linux 2.4 (at least not the version shipped with
> >     etch).
> >   - installing the new gnome-desktop-environment got rid of hotplug.
> 
> Please bear in mind that etch's support for Linux 2.4 is intended to be on a
> transitional basis *only*; i.e., it's intended that when someone
> dist-upgrades from sarge to etch, their packages come up in a working state
> *until they have a chance to reboot to the etch kernel*.  It is not intended
> that users run etch on a 2.4 kernel indefinitely, so given the complexity of
> this upgrade I'm not bothered if there's a point of no return after which
> rebooting to 2.4 no longer gives a fully working system -- as long as
> booting to 2.6.18 *is* possible...

Ok, but that doesn't change the situation AFAICT.

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