Solved: Log-file flooded with udevd error message

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mister_v
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Solved: Log-file flooded with udevd error message

Post by mister_v »

Hi,

My /var/log partition is getting full
because udevd is spamming the log file (/var/log/messages) with errors:

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Feb 25 20:05:30 SERVERNAME udevd[765]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Feb 25 20:05:30 SERVERNAME udevd[765]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Feb 25 20:05:30 SERVERNAME udevd[765]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Why?

I restarted the process

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/etc/init.d/udev restart
but that didn't help

I finally stopt it

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/etc/init.d/udev stop
That stopped the error-messages, but it is not a real solution.

Why is udevd unable to receive ctrl connection?
It never happened before.
Last edited by mister_v on Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
chris
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Re: Log-file flooded with udevd error message

Post by chris »

I had the same problem after a restart of one of my servers.

It was the kernel that was too old.
I think udev needs kernel 3.0 or newer to use this function (Not sure)

I regularly update my programs, but rarely recompile the kernel.
This happens when your server runs for years on end.

Anyway I recompiled a new version of the kernel,
and restarted the server with the new kernel,
no more problems.
mister_v
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Re: Log-file flooded with udevd error message

Post by mister_v »

Thanks,

indeed that was the problem,
I still used kernel 2.6.xx

Recompiling and restart solved the problem.

Thanks,
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