40-permissions.rules assigns nvram to kmem

Bug #108460 reported by diegoe
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udev (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

/dev/nvram is now owned by kmem. It used to be owned by nvram.to kmem.

I had tpb configured since Edgy and back then this device was owned by nvram, now that it's owned by kmem tpb stops working. It's easy to spot why, but maybe this can produce a headache to some users.

Not sure if it's a bug, reporting anyway.

Changed in udev:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

udev (113-0ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Set group of nvram to nvram. LP: #108460.
  * Move udevmonitor to /sbin. LP: #119091.
  * Update shlibs of libvolumeid. LP: #121074.
  * Added rules for infiniband nodes. LP: #124990.
  * Don't seed the initial persistent rules, instead wait for the first
    boot. LP: #123559.

 -- Scott James Remnant <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:30:28 +0100

Changed in udev:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Dimitris Kogias (dimitris-k) wrote :

This seems to have regressed in Karmic:

d@detritus:~$ ls -l /dev/nvram
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 10, 144 2009-10-09 08:56 /dev/nvram
d@detritus:~$ grep nvram /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules
KERNEL=="mem|kmem|port|nvram", GROUP="kmem", MODE="0640"

Changed in udev (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

kmem is now the standard group for this devices across all distributions

Changed in udev (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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