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>
