"Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Helge Hafting wrote:
>
> > "Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
> > [...]
> > > DevFSd provides symlinks as follows:
> > >
> > > /dev/ttyS0 = /dev/tts/0
> > > /dev/tty0 = /dev/vc/0
> > > /dev/pty* = /dev/pty/*
> > >
> > > Until p
> "MBT" == Michael B Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MBT> Is this fixable the "right" way?
On my box, which started its life as a RH7, I've been editing
/etc/security/console.perms as I've discovered problems.
I don't know if this is the right way but thus far I've:
- changed the li
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Helge Hafting wrote:
> "Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
> [...]
> > DevFSd provides symlinks as follows:
> >
> > /dev/ttyS0 = /dev/tts/0
> > /dev/tty0 = /dev/vc/0
> > /dev/pty* = /dev/pty/*
> >
> > Until programs use the new names (e.g., init should tell g
"Michael B. Trausch" wrote:
[...]
> DevFSd provides symlinks as follows:
>
> /dev/ttyS0 = /dev/tts/0
> /dev/tty0 = /dev/vc/0
> /dev/pty* = /dev/pty/*
>
> Until programs use the new names (e.g., init should tell getty to use
> /dev/vc/0 instead of /dev/tty0), and everythin
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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Modules and DevFS
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, William Knop wrote:
> >
> > >One thing that I've noticed with devfs is that all the old-style names
are
> > >symlinks.
> >
> > Hmm... I
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, William Knop wrote:
>
> >One thing that I've noticed with devfs is that all the old-style names are
> >symlinks.
>
> Hmm... I have no symlinks until the module loads. Therefore X sees no
> /dev/input/mouse, doesn't ask the kernel for it, the kernel doesn't load the
> module,
> "JJ" == John Jasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JJ> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, William Knop wrote:
>> >One thing that I've noticed with devfs is that all the old-style
>> >names are symlinks.
>>
>> Hmm... I have no symlinks until the module loads. Therefore X sees
>> no /dev/input/mouse, does
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, William Knop wrote:
> >One thing that I've noticed with devfs is that all the old-style names are
> >symlinks.
>
> Hmm... I have no symlinks until the module loads. Therefore X sees no
> /dev/input/mouse, doesn't ask the kernel for it, the kernel doesn't load the
> module, and
[William Knop]
> How can DevFS know which devices to add to /dev/scsi/... without
> loading the module and scanning the bus first? Or do you manually
> insert the scsi module when you need it?
If you do 'cd /dev/scsi', the kernel looks it up and finds it missing,
which generates a "lookup" event
William Knop wrote:
>
> I decided recently to go bleeding-edge on one of my Linux boxes and
> discovered I had a problem with module loading while using DevFS.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but DevFS only makes /dev entries when a device is
> present, and the device is not present until the module
>One thing that I've noticed with devfs is that all the old-style names are
>symlinks.
Hmm... I have no symlinks until the module loads. Therefore X sees no
/dev/input/mouse, doesn't ask the kernel for it, the kernel doesn't load the
module, and DevFS doesn't add the /dev entry. There's got to
> "William" == William Knop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
William> Correct me if I'm wrong, but DevFS only makes /dev
William> entries when a device is present, and the device is not
William> present until the module is loaded. So if I want to
William> access /dev/hda and the ID
I decided recently to go bleeding-edge on one of my Linux boxes and
discovered I had a problem with module loading while using DevFS.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but DevFS only makes /dev entries when a device is
present, and the device is not present until the module is loaded. So if I
want to a
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, William Knop wrote:
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but DevFS only makes /dev entries when a device is
> present, and the device is not present until the module is loaded. So if I
> want to access /dev/hda and the IDE module has not been loaded yet, I will
>
One thing that I
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