[oe] Angstrom, udev, and kernel version

Koen Kooi k.kooi at student.utwente.nl
Thu Feb 25 08:44:09 UTC 2010


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On 25-02-10 09:06, Steffen Sledz wrote:
> Koen Kooi wrote:
>>> udevd started from within /etc/init.d/udev crashes with
>>>
>>> /sbin/udevd -d --debug
>>> 1266997931.250494 [297] udev_monitor_new_from_netlink: error getting socket: Invalid argument error initializing netlink socket
>>> 1266997931.250718 [297] main: error initializing netlink socket
>>>
>>> Searching the internet for this error i found some hints that this udev version requires at least linux 2.6.27.
>>
>> 2.6.27 is only required for signalfd, your error seems to be about a
>> missing networking option in defconfig.
> 
> Any hints, how we can isolate this problem?

The README in the udev source should have a fairly complete summary of
needed kernel options. If you use angstrom or shr linux.inc will set
them all except CONFIG_NET. So you could try rebuilding your kernel and
see if it works then. If not, compare your .config with the udev readme.

regards,

Koen
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