[Nottingham] Ubuntu udev hell

[Michael Erskine]

One of my Ubuntu machines (the one that runs the MAME cabinet) is broken due 
to udev insanity. Here's a list of URLs that might throw some light on what's 
going on - but thus far no proffered solution has worked. I'm frustrated and 
deprived of sleep...

My post on Ubuntu forums...
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=214312

...so I'm stuck in a BusyBox shell unless I boot to my trusty knoppix CD and 
chroot onto /dev/hda1. I've been able to put some older 2.6.15 ubuntu kernels 
on there with apt-get whilst chrooted but I think udev is broken for them 
all.

The sticky thread on Ubuntu forums...
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1249567&posted=1#post1249567

A couple of online arguments in launchpad where denial and acusations fly...
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/6367/+index
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/40993

Another thread with similar udev issues...
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=190496

Some discussion pre-dating the problem(?)...
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ProbeForRootFilesystem

I want to stick a much earlier kernel on there that will play nice with the 
existing dapper setup.

Any suggestions?

Regards,
Michael Erskine

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