Udev tells Linux what names to use for devices, how to set the ownership and permissions, and which kernel modules it needs to use them. But who configures udev: the kernel developers or the ...

I turned the logging on (thanks for the tip). Looking at the logs I do not see any evidence that udev is parsing the rules files I created (20-names.rules). Does udev have to be told to parse a file ...

Once upon a time, a Linux distribution would be installed with a /dev directory fully populated with device files. Most of them represented hardware which would never be present on the installed ...