udev debugging during system boot

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Situation

During system startup, there are problems with the hardware detection which need to be analysed.

Resolution

The value for the udev log level can be set in the udev configuration file /etc/udev/udev.conf. The default setting is:

udev_log="err"

Change the value from "err" to "debug" and reboot. After the boot has finished, the verbose messages from udevd can be found in /var/log/messages. If needed, the log level can be set back to the default for the running session through

udevcontrol log_priority=err

To permanently set it back to the default, edit /etc/udev/udev.conf again.

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Document ID:7000506
Creation Date: 28-May-2008
Modified Date:25-Feb-2021
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server