Description of problem: Everytime that I reboot the /dev/nvidia# character nodes are deleted. I have an nvidia quadro graphics card and use the driver from nvidia. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Version: FC3 Kernel (from uname -a): Linux blackk.union.edu 2.6.9-1.678_FC3 #1 Mon Nov 15 18:28:07 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux nvidia driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run Running the script installs the driver as: /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.678_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot machine 2. 3. Actual results: The following files are deleted: crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 1 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 2 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 3 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 4 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 5 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 6 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 7 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidia7 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Nov 18 08:06 /dev/nvidiactl Expected results: Files should not be deleted. Additional info: I can use mknod to recreate the nodes after reboot and everything is fine. I have put the output from various system commands at the following URL's: http://blackk.union.edu/~black/fc3/dmesg.txt http://blackk.union.edu/~black/fc3/lsmod.txt http://blackk.union.edu/~black/fc3/lspci.txt http://blackk.union.edu/~black/fc3/lsusb.txt http://blackk.union.edu/~black/fc3/modprobe.conf.txt PS: On a personal note, I have been using redhat since 6.2. This is the first time that I have had a problem upgrading my machine. When I upgraded from FC2 my machine would not boot. When it tried to enable the swap partitions the machine got a kernel panic and hung. I had to wipe the system partitions clean and make a clean install. It was very frustrating.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 130746 ***
see also: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/
Thank you all for the very quick responses. Reading the original bug report helped to identify the issue, and the last link given (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/) was extremely useful in finding a fix for the problem. I was ready to put a bunch of mknod commands in my rc.local! :-)
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.