On 11/17/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote:
> > important.  If you have USB and the other drivers built as modules,
> > reload them and try again.  If they are built into your kernel,
> > reboot.
> >
> This is Chaos.
>
> On reboot, /dev/external_hd and /dev/external_hd1 exist. I mounted the
> disk with no problems. /dev/plextor_memstick and /dev/plextor_memstick1
> don't exist (or rather they appear as broken links).

Hmm, do you RC_DEVICE_TARBALL set in /etc/conf.d/rc?  That would cause
something like this, and I recommend setting it to "no" for a pure
udev setup.

> Understandable,
> since the stick is not plugged. I plugged it and still no nodes.  I
> unmounted the external disk and /dev/external_hd /dev/external_hd1 are
> gone! And /dev/plextor_memstick & /dev/plextor_memstick1 didn't came
> back.

Your USB bus is really not working right!  Are these devices connected
directly to ports on the PC, or going through a hub?  If there is a
hub, maybe it is broken...

-Richard

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