Re: [gentoo-user] going from systemd to udev

[gottlieb@nyu.edu]

On Tue, Feb 04 2014, Daniel Campbell wrote:

> On 02/04/2014 01:58 PM, Joseph wrote:
>> Is it possible to go from "systemd" to "udev"?
>> 
>> I don't like the way systemd works.  I have a problem with mounting USB
>> sick (it mounts as root:root) and I can not even change the permission.
>> I am receiving Hylafax fax transmission reports (email) on all incoming
>> faxes and now these emails are empty.
>> It all start happening after switching to systemd :-(
>> 
>
> systemd and udev are part of the same project, so I believe what you
> meant was switching from systemd to OpenRC. I've not made such a switch,
> but if you remember the steps you took, you can generally just reverse
> them. That is, emerge openrc again, change the kernel line in GRUB to
> point to regular init instead of systemd's init, reboot, and things
> *should* fall into place.
>
> USB drives mounting as root sounds like a udev thing rather than a
> systemd thing, and switching to OpenRC for your init won't fix it afaik.
> For the devices that you need this behavior for, it might be worth
> looking into writing some udev rules. You can get a start by consulting
> `lsusb` output and Googling for 'udev rules' to get a wide variety of
> guides for writing udev rules. Despite the recent changes to udev by the
> systemd team, udev still functions mostly the same and most guides will
> be accurate.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> ~Daniel

There are changes in USE.   -systemd +consolekit
If you switched to a systemd profile, switch back.

The wiki for going from openRC --> systemd might be helpful
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd

allan