Re: [gentoo-user] Systemd as drop-in replacement for udev?

["Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Róbert Čerňanský <openhs@tightmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:18:54 -0600
> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Róbert Čerňanský
>> <openhs@tightmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am currently updating my system and Portage wants to replace udev
>> > (204) with systemd (208).  My question is (hopefully) simple:
>> >
>> > Can I use systemd as drop-in replacement for udev?  In other words,
>> > can I pretend that systemd is udev and continue using OpenRC as
>> > with udev itself?  I would then apply just udev 204 to 208 update
>> > instructions (http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev/upgrade).
>> >
>> > I am using WindowMaker and systemd was pulled in by
>> > gnome-settings-daemon which in turn was pulled in by gdm.  I would
>> > like to stick with gdm.
>>
>> The GNOME stuff that requires systemd will not work under OpenRC from
>> 3.10 on, you could get strange fails with gdm and
>> gnome-settings-daemon. If it's gdm-3.8, then I think you can use
>> systemd as udev replacement together with OpenRC, and I believe some
>> people did it successfully.
>
> Thanks.  I have enabled openrc-force use flag found this in
> gnome-settings-daemon emerge log, which confirms what you have said:
>
> "gnome-settings-daemon needs Systemd to be *running* for working
> properly. Please follow the this guide to migrate:
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd
> You are enabling 'openrc-force' USE flag to skip systemd requirement,
> this can lead to unexpected problems and is not supported neither by
> upstream neither by Gnome Gentoo maintainers. If you suffer any problem,
> you will need to disable this USE flag system wide and retest before
> opening any bug report."
>
> So the it is clear to me now.
>
> I will try openrc-force as temporal solution until I'll find a new
> display manager and give heart breaking good by to GDM.

You could *try* to run systemd and see if you like it.

Many of us do.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México