udevd[289]: error: runtime directory '/run/udev' not writable, for now falling back to '/dev/.udev'

[Cristian Aravena Romero]

Binary package hint: udev

message in:
/var/log/boot.log

"udevd[289]: error: runtime directory '/run/udev' not writable, for now falling back to '/dev/.udev'"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: udev 171-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 21 09:01:41 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110531.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-NS130FE
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=es_CL.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0-1-generic root=UUID=728d3c71-cd73-464b-842f-22242d594225 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: udev
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0200Y3
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0200Y3:bd08/27/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-NS130FE:pvrC6U0B23E:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-NS130FE
dmi.product.version: C6U0B23E
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 784216, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.