[SOLVED] Switching from eudev to udev?

The_Great_Sephiroth

I am having trouble with interface names and I believe it is related to eudev. For some reason I was forced to pull in eudev when setting up this laptop. This is the only system I have which runs eudev. How can I switch to udev? Trying to emerge sys-fs/udev tells me sys-fs/eudev blocks it and it stops. I want to replace eudev though, and do not know how to go about this.
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szczerb · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject:

Remove one, mask it and the emerge the other. That's how I moved form udev to eudev. Should work the other way around (like with all virtuals).

Although I'd just resolve the interface naming problem instead of going for the systemd udev.

John R. Graham · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:09 pm Post subject:

No need to mask. Remove one, then install the other (without --oneshot). The mere presence of the preferred choice in the @world set prevents the other one from being considered.

- John
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The_Great_Sephiroth · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:27 pm Post subject:

I would rather fix the issue but do not know how and I already have an aging thread on this in the networking forum with no solutions yet. All I know is switching to eudev gave me the old names. I do not have the stuff in the kernel command-line about interface names and am not sure what to do. If you know of a fix, please post it on my other thread, linked below.

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The_Great_Sephiroth · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:46 pm Post subject:

I figured it out. I added "sys-fs/eudev -rule-generator" to my package.use file and did emerge -a --oneshot eudev, and rebooted. Now all is good again.
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