On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 01:25, Mathieu Segaud wrote: Hi,
> Udev won't create fb nodes in /dev and X needs them to use fbdev. > Nodes are not created as the kernel does not yet have sysfs support > for fb drivers. You need them to create by hand or with > /etc/udev/links.conf Marco added in his package. Thanks, this was what I needed! (OK, this is 2.6.4, but I'm sure 2.6.5 will work okay tomorrow too) > > Another question - how do I mount my USB thumb drive conveniently? The > > old method of: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /floppy > > > > doesn't seem to work now either :( > > I guess sda* partitions are not created by udev but sda. > I saw a workaround somewhere to get them created along with sda, but I > can't find it immediatly. > Maybe a simple fdisk on it (no write) will make udev create them. Even if I disabled udev, it wouldn't work. From /var/log/messages: Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 3 Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione scsi.agent[1409]: how to add device type= at /devices/pci0001:01/0001:01:18.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host1/1:0:0:0 ?? Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: Vendor: EasyDisk Model: Rev: 7.77 Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: SCSI device sda: 256000 512-byte hdwr sectors (131 MB) Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: sda: unknown partition table Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Apr 5 02:02:51 hermione kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 The USB thumb drive is fine, and if I do try to mount /dev/sda1, it won't work. lsmod reports: scsi_mod 94280 4 sd_mod,sg,sr_mod,usb_storage So I look like I'm supposed to be set, but I'm not, which is weird -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/
