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diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 014eef053b..c40bc1a4c2 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu system linux) ; 'pam-service', etc.
#:use-module (gnu packages admin)
#:use-module ((gnu packages linux)
- #:select (udev kbd e2fsprogs lvm2))
+ #:select (eudev kbd e2fsprogs lvm2 fuse alsa-utils))
#:use-module ((gnu packages base)
#:select (canonical-package glibc))
#:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ item of @var{packages}."
(guix build utils))
#:local-build? #t))
-(define* (udev-service #:key (udev udev) (rules '()))
+(define* (udev-service #:key (udev eudev) (rules '()))
"Run @var{udev}, which populates the @file{/dev} directory dynamically. Get
extra rules from the packages listed in @var{rules}."
(mlet* %store-monad ((rules (udev-rules-union (cons udev rules)))
@@ -527,8 +527,16 @@ extra rules from the packages listed in @var{rules}."
(documentation "Populate the /dev directory, dynamically.")
(start #~(lambda ()
+ (define find
+ (@ (srfi srfi-1) find))
+
(define udevd
- (string-append #$udev "/libexec/udev/udevd"))
+ ;; Choose the right 'udevd'.
+ (find file-exists?
+ (map (lambda (suffix)
+ (string-append #$udev suffix))
+ '("/libexec/udev/udevd" ;udev
+ "/sbin/udevd")))) ;eudev
(define (wait-for-udevd)
;; Wait until someone's listening on udevd's control
@@ -548,7 +556,9 @@ extra rules from the packages listed in @var{rules}."
(setenv "LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY"
"/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules")
+ ;; The first one is for udev, the second one for eudev.
(setenv "UDEV_CONFIG_FILE" #$udev.conf)
+ (setenv "EUDEV_RULES_DIRECTORY" #$rules)
(let ((pid (primitive-fork)))
(case pid
@@ -608,8 +618,9 @@ This is the GNU operating system, welcome!\n\n")))
(guix-service)
(nscd-service)
- ;; By default, enable the udev rules of LVM2. They are needed as
- ;; soon as LVM2 or the device-mapper is used.
- (udev-service #:rules (list lvm2)))))
+ ;; The LVM2 rules are needed as soon as LVM2 or the device-mapper is
+ ;; used, so enable them by default. The FUSE and ALSA rules are
+ ;; less critical, but handy.
+ (udev-service #:rules (list lvm2 fuse alsa-utils)))))
;;; base.scm ends here