system reports udev errors when I issues a "shutdown now" command. The system shuts down normally, reaches "system halted" then goes into and endless dump of the following sample of messages. 2.6.17 kernel, fresh build 100% updated. . .(endlessly repeats until restart) . udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9199]: unlink_secure: chown(/dev/vcs1, 0, 0) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9199]: unlink_secure: chmod(/dev/vcs1, 0000) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9199]: unlink_secure: unlink(/dev/vcs1) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9200]: unlink_secure: chown(/dev/vcs1, 0, 0) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9200]: unlink_secure: chmod(/dev/vcs1, 0000) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9200]: unlink_secure: unlink(/dev/vcs1) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9201]: unlink_secure: chown(/dev/vcs1, 0, 0) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9201]: unlink_secure: chmod(/dev/vcs1, 0000) failed: Read-only file system udevd-event[9201]: unlink_secure: unlink(/dev/vcs1) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system udevd[900]: delete_path: rmdir(/dev/.udev) failed: Read-only file system . . .
I had the same problem after an emerge, after also search Gentoo Forums someone else having the same problem was told to run: etc-update After I run ect-update all my problems went away!
ok, am closing, thanks.