On Thursday 03 September 2009 07:17:26 Walter Dnes wrote: > I recently bought a USR5637 USB dialup modem for my 2nd PC. I chose > it because it's small, and specifically claims to support linux. > Following instructions at http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html I > * recompiled the kernel with CDC(ACM) USB modem support > * tried "mknod /dev/usb/ttyACM0 c 166 0" > * woops, no /dev/usb/. So I did "mkdir /dev/usb" and then the mknod > * I rebooted, and discovered that /dev/usb was gone > > For now I have the mkdir and mknod commands in /etc/conf.d/local/start > to recreate them at each bootup, but putting stuff in there is usually a > last resort. Is there a "more correct" way of doing it? > > BTW, the modem works. I ssh'd from my main machine to the 2nd > computer and dialed into my dialup ISP, and launched a w3m text browser > session. The scarey part is that there is no modem noise to let me > know when I'm connected. But ifconfig indicated that I now had ppp0, in > addition to lo and eth0. Plus I went to whatismyip.org with w3m and got > an IP address that reversed DNS to my dialup provider. >
Set up a udev rule so that if udevd finds a device with that modem's serial number (or other other identifier you like) then it creates the node you specify. Google for it. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
