/dev/kqemu is not created by udev

[Cedric Schieli]

Binary package hint: kqemu-common

After modprobing kqemu.ko built from kqemu-source, there is no /dev/kqemu file created.

Adding this udev rule is necessary (but not sufficient) :
KERNEL=="kqemu", NAME="%k", MODE="0666"

The file /etc/modprobe.d/kqemu is preventing the previous rule to work.
Removing the file works for me.

[Victor Stinner (vstinner)]

There is two different approch.

(1) without udev, static device

* Major have to be 250: kqemu-common version 1.3.0~pre11-4 contains /etc/modprobe.d/kqemu (options kqemu major=250) to do that
* Create node using « mknod /dev/kqemu c 250 0; chmod 666 /dev/kqemu »

(2) with udev, dynamic device

* Major have to be 0 => fix /etc/modprobe.d/kqemu (options kqemu major=0)
* Need the file /etc/udev/rules.d/60-kqemu.rules (content: « KERNEL=="kqemu", NAME="%k", MODE="0666" »)

I prefer dynamic devices so please fix the package to do that :-)

[hdante (hdante)]

Bug confirmed here. Ubuntu uses udev, so only number (2) is an option.

[Steve Kowalik (stevenk)]

Actually, this should have been fixed in the version of kqemu that was shipped with Feisty.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

The next stage is bug 135067...

[Adrien Laurent (adrien-laurent)]

For those who still have the unpatched version, here is the fix:

sudo mknod /dev/kqemu c 250
sudo chmod 666 /dev/kqemu