On 3/8/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just installed fc4 on a clean new system.
>
> On my old system, rh9 saw the modem as /dev/ttyS4 (note the "S4") and
> automatically setup the link /dev/modem to point to it (or come to think
> of it, I /may/ have had to set up the link manually). Anyway, this link
> survived reboots.
>
> On my new system, fc4 sees the same modem as /dev/ttyS14 (note the
> "S14") and does not set up the /dev/modem link. What's more, each and
> every time I reboot, the link disappears. The link survives logouts,
> but not reboots.
>
> It wouldn't be so bad if the PPP program interfaces would offer
> /dev/ttyS14, but they don't go beyond /dev/ttyS4. But since they offer
> /dev/modem, I can just link /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS14, except that I
> have to do it after every boot to keep them working.
>
> Anyone know what's going on with the evaporating link?
Brute-force solution: in /etc/rc.local add the line
ln /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem
I realize that this fixes the symptom and not the disease.
In principle, the creation of the /dev entries is controlled by files
in /etc/makedev.d but I don't offhand understand how it is supposed to
work.
carl
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