Re: [gentoo-user] What is the correct way to keep a /dev entry through reboots?
Le Thu, 3 Sep 2009 01:17:26 -0400, Walter Dnes a écrit : 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? Maybe you should try to setup some udev rules which create/delete the device node on specific kernel events (basically when the modem is plugged/unplugged) : http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the correct way to keep a /dev entry through reboots?
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
[gentoo-user] What is the correct way to keep a /dev entry through reboots?
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. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the correct way to keep a /dev entry through reboots?
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. I'm not positive but I think you can set it to save /dev here: /etc/conf.d/rc This is the section I am thinking would be the correct one: # UDEV OPTION: # Set to yes if you want to save /dev to a tarball on shutdown # and restore it on startup. This is useful if you have a lot of # custom device nodes that udev does not handle/know about. RC_DEVICE_TARBALL=no I hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
