I have exactly the same problem (Karmic Koala x86_64, i915), and it's pretty anoying ...
udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[1266106984.081222] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.082627] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.082664] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.083914] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.083937] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.084077] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.085499] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.086698] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.086729] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.088223] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.093065] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1266106984.094336] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1266106984.106143] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm)
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I have exactly the same problem (Karmic Koala x86_64, i915), and it's pretty anoying ...
udevadm monitor
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[ 1266106984. 081222] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 082664] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 083914] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 084077] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 086698] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 093065] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm) 1266106984. 106143] change /devices/ pci0000: 00/0000: 00:02.0/ drm/card0 (drm)
UDEV [1266106984.082627] change /devices/
KERNEL[
KERNEL[
UDEV [1266106984.083937] change /devices/
KERNEL[
UDEV [1266106984.085499] change /devices/
KERNEL[
UDEV [1266106984.086729] change /devices/
UDEV [1266106984.088223] change /devices/
KERNEL[
UDEV [1266106984.094336] change /devices/
KERNEL[
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