Are /etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud* files obsolete?

twelveeighty · 2012-01-21 21:58:06

For a while now, I keep getting the following errors during boot:

Sat Jan 21 14:25:13 2012: udevd[148]: unknown key 'SYSFS{idVendor}' in /etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud-hp_laserjet_professional_p1102w.rules:9
Sat Jan 21 14:25:13 2012: udevd[148]: invalid rule '/etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud-hp_laserjet_professional_p1102w.rules:9'
... (repeat for every 86-hpmud-* file in that folder)

I found an (ancient) bug report from 2009 with the subject "hplip: obsolete udev rules files are not removed on upgrades", so I assume they're obsolete, but I've only recently starting seeing this problem, which wouldn't jive with a 3-year old issue.

Can I safely delete these files, assuming that their contents has been replaced with entries in the /lib/udev/rules.d tree? I am not that well-versed in udev, unfortunately....

.:B:. · 2012-01-21 22:19:08

If your LaserJet still works, that means you can remove the files. After all, udev is ignoring them already now.

Back them up just to be sure (somewhere else, or change the last part of the file name).

Last edited by .:B:. (2012-01-21 22:19:31)

twelveeighty · 2012-01-22 19:40:41

OK - I backed them up and moved them out of /etc/udev/rules.d.

Confirming nothing broke is a bit of a problem right now. Printing is hit & miss from my laptop to my wireless HP P1102w printer at the best of times. I haven't figured out what the real issue is there, but since printing to other HPs works fine, I'll probably have to blame the printer or HPLIP. I wish HP would simplify their software and made simple drivers. I just need to print, I don't need all that hp-toolbox junk. I'll confirm this when I have a chance to print to a different HP printer.

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#1 2012-01-21 21:58:06

Are /etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud* files obsolete?

#2 2012-01-21 22:19:08

Re: Are /etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud* files obsolete?

#3 2012-01-22 19:40:41

Re: Are /etc/udev/rules.d/86-hpmud* files obsolete?

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