How to rebuild /dev/ on an Ubuntu lucid where everything in /dev/ were accidentally deleted?
MAKEDEV std and MAKEDEV pty aren't enough, which isn't surprising on a system using udev.
I haven't rebooted yet because I fear I would lose access to my system.
I believe the contents of /dev are automatically rebuilt when you reboot.
To quote someone else:
When you start the system, the "udev" facility examines the hardware configuration (according to established rules) and dynamically creates the entries in /dev.
When rebooting is NOT an option (you are working remotely on a machine in usa and you are on safari) this should do the trick:
udevadm control --reload-rules
udevadm trigger
