[colug-432] udev hell

[Andy Graybeal]

Jep, thanks for the advice.  And noted with the 80 characters per line.

Andy

On Thursday, 07-05-2012 on 12:31 pm jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:04:50 -0400, Andy Graybeal <andy.graybeal at casanueva.com> wrote:
> 
> > Jeff and Jep,
> > Between what both of you said (the same thing), it sounds a little scary.
> 
> The stereo warnings are scary, but their forewarnings decrease 
> the actual hassle, since you know not to beat your head against 
> the wall when things don't make sense according to the dox. 
> 
> Start with the simple; progress to the complex. 
> When things don't make sense, STFW. You are likely not the first 
> person to be misled by bad dox, so you'll likely find helpful 
> comments (amongst the many unhelpful comments). After RTFM and 
> STFW haven't worked, ask this list. 
> 
> > Would updating the kernel possibly add problems... 
> 
> Yes. More likely, it would just _change_ the problem, 
> which would likely not be helpful overall. 
> 
> You're just going to have to hunker down and figure out the 
> grammar for whichever version of udev you have. My vague 
> impression is that the grammar is settling down, 
> so the dox will be less out of sync than they used to be. 
> 
> Some folks (who might know the answers you need) will have 
> trouble reading your email's long lines, and thus not respond, 
> so keep your line length within 80 columns to get more/better 
> responses. 
> 
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