Comment 30 for bug 463347

Zeniff [2009-11-03 19:02 -0000]:
> $ for p in 'pidof udevd'; do sudo ls -l /proc/$p/fd | wc -l; done | awk '{$s += $1} END { print $s }'

Wrong quotes. You have to use ` ` for the pidof, not ' ' :)

> The workaround "sudo stop udev" and then "sudo start udev" works for me,
> [...]
> Is my problem a different one?

Most probably it's the same one. But don't worry about the complicated
command line above, it was more or less for intermediate notekeeping.
It would be great if you could test the package in -proposed and give
feedback if it fixes the problem for you.

> And, is it related to the fact that
> (before doing the workaround) Palimpsest Disk Utility never recognized
> my USB as a known filesystem (and also sometimes half, sometimes all of
> my other internal HD partitions)?

Yes, it's the very same problem.

> GParted always saw everything find, though.

Also expected, because gparted does its own probing and does not use
udev.

Thanks, Martin
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