To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Has anyone dumped udev for devfs?
This morning I had to re-install Windows because udev failed to build the /dev link for a USB based scanner. This has set my transition to a Linux network back 2 years. And I get accused of whinnying.
I think the "whining" thing was off-base, but I think you very well could have gotten your scanner to work with a little more work.
I want whatever was working before it uninstalled and upgraded with udev. I was under the impression that it was devfs, but I am wondering if it was static dev. Whatever it is, udev failed not on something complex that can be explained away, but on a basic USB scanner. Using Beta (closer to alpha if you ask me) software in a stable distribution is setting the Linux movement back, not forward.
I will echo what earlier posters have said - Fedora should not be considered a "stable" distribution. It is really a public testbed for features which may someday show up in Red Hat's "stable" distro - Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I really recommend you stick around and spend more time with Fedora. It's not always going to be a smooth ride, but it's a lot of fun and you have the opportunity to help make a better distro by reporting bugs like your scanner issue.
Cheers,
Thomas
