packages in Jessie (as it is what I am using). To ensure that, the new
packages will provide the old names.
-My modifications were aimed at redusing the number of dependencies of the packages
+My modifications were aimed at reducing the number of dependencies of the packages
and to correct the Devuanisms present in the installation/removal scripts.
For your convenience, all of the source files and the .deb packages
(for i386) are here:
+[[eudev_3.2.5-1bu1.dsc]]
+
+[[eudev_3.2.5.orig.tar.gz]]
+
+[[eudev_3.2.5-1bu1.debian.tar.xz]]
+
+[[eudev_3.2.5-1bu1_i386.changes]]
+
+[[libeudev1_3.2.5-1bu1_i386.deb]]
+
+[[eudev_3.2.5-1bu1_i386.deb]]
+
+## Building the *eudev* packages
+
If you have installed the needed development packages, it's easy to
rebuild files "libeudev1_3.2.5-1bu1_i386.deb" and
"eudev_3.2.5-1bu1_i386.deb" with these simple commands:
- # the 4 source files have to be downloaded in your current working directory
+ # the 3 source files have to be downloaded in your current working directory
dpkg-source -x eudev_3.2.5-1bu1.dsc
cd eudev-3.2.5
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
Notice that .udev packages and a development package of libeudev1 are also
generated in the process.
+## Replacing *udev* by *eudev*
+
To install the two packages, you will need some local package repository. An easy
method to do it is to run:
I will not add user-space firmware loading to *eudev*, as it is
considered obsolete by the kernel people. Instead, you can either:
-1) reduce the 60s delay by inserting for instance:
-
+1. Reduce the 60s delay by inserting for instance before the 'udevadm settle' command in /etc/init.d/eudev:
echo 5 > /lib/class/firmware/timeout
-before the 'udevadm settle' command in /etc/init.d/eudev
-
-2) upgrade to a better radeon driver, for instance the one of kernel
+2. Upgrade to a better radeon driver, for instance the one of kernel
4.9 from jessie-backport
I have finally chosen solution 2).