On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 01:57 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:55:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 19:32 -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 02:43:31PM -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > > > I'm considering installing the 'udev' package as part of my Sarge 2.6 > > > > installation. My motivation is that I'm often baffled when trying to > > > > figure out which USB device is associated with USB devices I plug in. > > > > > > > > Is there a general concensus about whether udev makes life better or > > > > worse? > > > > > > Don't know about a "general concensus" but I'm quite happy with udev's > > > operation and having consistent device names for my USB and Firewire > > > devices. > > > > What kind of names? Can you give some examples? When I insert > > a pen drive, for example, /var/log/syslog says that it is /dev/sdc1 > > instead of something devfs-like /dev/usb/port01/drive01/part01. > > > > -- > > in udev.rules I have: > BUS="usb" , KERNEL="sd?1",SYSFS_serial="07381C501259, NAME="usbkey" > I then can: > mount /dev/usbkey /mnt/usbkey > or some other magic for automounting.
Ok. Where does the SYSFS_serial come from? And are you missing a closing parenthesis on SYSFS_serial? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B If 1/2 of all US marriages end in divorce, and there are a good number of 3rd, 4th, etc marriages, then more than 1/2 of all 1st marriages will be permanent.
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