Hi, attached patch should make: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-libvirt/libguestfs.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/... http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-libvirt/libguestfs.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/... superflous. If there's an init script it uses 'service' or falls back to calling the init script directly if it isn't there, otherwise it starts udev directly. Tested on Debian only so far. The patch is based on Rich's above two patches. Cheers, -- Guido