Comment 8 for bug 28439

Hi Scott,

I've just run a test with your parameters and the results are:

=> After booting (but before running udevd --daemon) does /dev/.udev/queue exist?

Yes, it exists.

=> Is /dev/.udev/queue empty or is there something in it?

It is empty at first but after a couple of minutes there are a couple of entries (and udevd is not running!):

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 27 12:02 class@<email address hidden> -> /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 Jan 27 12:02 devices@pci0000:00@0000:00:11.2@usb1@1-1@1-1:1.0 -> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0

=> Is /dev a mountpoint and a tmpfs? (check /proc/mounts)

Yes. It shows up in /proc/mounts and /etc/mtab.

=> Is /dev empty?

No. It has a full device file suite.

=> Is there a /dev/.udev/failed?

Yes.

=> Is there anything in /dev/.udev/failed?

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 27 12:02 devices@pci0000:00@0000:00:00.0 -> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 27 12:02 devices@pci0000:00@0000:00:01.0 -> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 27 12:02 devices@pci0000:00@0000:00:11.0 -> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0

I think all this points out to a problem with USB devices. I have two attached at boot time, one is a UPS, the other one is an aDSL bridge.

Here are the PCI and USB settings in my box:

palopez@the-void:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF

palopez@the-void:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0e60:0600
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500/1000/1500
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000