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Autor: Didier Kryn
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A: dng
Assumpte: Re: [DNG] eudev or vdev?
Le 05/12/2017 à 12:02, KatolaZ a écrit :
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 11:11:36AM +0000, Olav Selseng Vestreim wrote:
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> [cut]
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>>> eudev is basically udev, forked by Gentoo from the systemd source tree
>>>
>>>    https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eudev

>>>
>>> vdev is a separate device manager, written by Jude Nelson:
>>>
>>>    https://github.com/jcnelson/vdev

>>>
>>> eudev is actively maintained by the Gentoo folks. vdev seems to not
>>> have been given much love lately, but apparently it works fine in many
>>> Devuan installations.
>>>
>>> It is not unreasonable to assume that eudev might be the default
>>> device manager in ascii, thanks to the work of parazyd, Svante, and
>>> some others.
>>>
>>> My2Cents
>>>
>>> KatolaZ
>>
>>
>> What about Mdev? I understand it has its limitations in DE environments, but
>> could that one be developed into a viable solution?
>>
> It is possible to use mdev (or even smdev, the suckless version:
> https://core.suckless.org/smdev) if you don't need icons popping up
> when you stick in any random USB-thing. It is also possible to use the
> old MAKEDEV. It is just a matter of expectations.


    If you look towards using mdev, I suggest you google at "mdev like
a boss". It provides a config file and infrastructure and explains how
to get Xorg working without libudev. Trying it is on my todo list...

    Didier