Bug#917185: udev 240-1 + sysvinit-core 2.93-1 break input devices + other problems

[Frédéric Brière]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 10:11:08AM -0300, Ricardo F. Peliquero wrote:
> After updating udev from 239-15 to 240-1 I found these problems:

I just filed #917247 (about some modules no longer loaded at boot), and
some of your problems might be related to this:

> * Wireless keyboard + mouse don't work under X
>   (Genius GK-100012CP/K SlimStar 8000ME)
>    - unplugging + plugging again usb receiver re-enables them.

This is similar to what I experienced: keyboard was working fine at the
boot console (allowing me to log in), but it and the mouse would no
longer work after starting X.  Unplugging and replugging the mouse USB
receiver brought them back to life.

I assume udev missed them at boot time, and rediscovered them when being
plugged in.

> * [FAIL] Restoring mixer settings...[....] failed. ... failed!
>    - [FAIL] startpar: service(s) returned failure: aumix ... failed!

Again, my sound card driver was missing, causing ALSA to (predictably)
fail.  Loading it manually did the trick.


I don't know if missing modules can explain all your problems (hence why
I filed a separate report), but it's a starting point.