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When you install the <tt>udev</tt> package in [[VE]] based on Debian-4.0 template, you can may the following message:
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When you install <tt>udev</tt> package in [[VE]] based on Debian-4.0 template, you can see the following message:
 
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Setting up udev (0.105-4) ...
 
Setting up udev (0.105-4) ...
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The problem is that postinstall script tries to write to <tt>/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug</tt> file, and this operation is prohibited in a VE.
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The problem is that postinstall script tries to write to <tt>/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug</tt> file, and this operation is prohibited in VE.
To work around this problem, just comment the 125th line in <tt>/var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst</tt> file, that writes to the <tt>/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug</tt> file. After that <tt>udev</tt> can be installed smoothly.
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To work around this problem, just comment the 125th line in <tt>/var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst</tt> file, that writes to <tt>/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug</tt> file. After that <tt>udev</tt> can be installed smoothly.
  
P.S. Don't forget to enable the <tt>sysfs</tt> feature for the VE in question (by vzctl), in order for <tt>udev</tt> to be able to work.
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P.S. Don't forget to enable <tt>sysfs</tt> feature for VE in question (by vzctl), in order <tt>udev</tt> to be able to work.
 
 
<tt>vzctl set XXX --features "sysfs:on" --save</tt>
 
  
 
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