Re: [gentoo-user] What is "the correct way" to keep a /dev entry through reboots?

2009-09-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
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

Re: [gentoo-user] What is "the correct way" to keep a /dev entry through reboots?

2009-09-03 Thread Fabrice Delliaux
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 s

Re: [gentoo-user] What is "the correct way" to keep a /dev entry through reboots?

2009-09-02 Thread Dale
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 > * tri

[gentoo-user] What is "the correct way" to keep a /dev entry through reboots?

2009-09-02 Thread Walter Dnes
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