On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 11:25, seikath wrote: > i know udev rule is not reliable, because its executed at boot time > again, > parse the dmesg each time you start/stop kannel , reset proper simlink > and use cronted monitoring script to check the kannel state and according to > the state to use the start/stop srcipt
udev rules can be configured to execute scripts/program when the udev receive notification from kernel. Script can restart kannel when it detects that USB modem connected. > Dennis Low Weng Kin wrote: >> Thanks for you immediate reply. >> >> So you are saying that I should detect the device name and change the >> device name in the kannel config accordingly? >> >> I've tried to write a udev rule to map the usb port to use the port >> name "/dev/GSMMODEM". It works well at first. When I unplug the modem, >> and replug it in, Kannel stop working. When I restart the kannel >> service, I receive a kernel failure notification. Any suggestions >> again? >> >> Regards, Low >> >> > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:05:41 +0300 >> > From: seik...@gmail.com >> > CC: users@kannel.org >> > Subject: Re: Unplugging USB GSM Modem and replugging >> > >> > the KISS solution : >> > at the head of the kannel start/stop script include short bash >> script to detect the latest device name of the modem >> > the script should remove if existing the old simlink and create new >> simlink to the real usb device named like "/dev/MyUsbModem" >> > use that in the kannel config >> > >> > >> > Dennis Low Weng Kin wrote: >> > > Hi everyone, >> > > >> > > I am running Kannel 1.4.3 in Fedora Core 10. For the moment, I am >> using >> > > a USB GSM Modem and in my setting, I mapped the device to >> /dev/ttyUSB0. >> > > However, if I unplugged and replug the GSM Modem to my PC, the >> port will >> > > change to ttyUSB1. Therefore, my Kannel will not be able to locate the >> > > device. Any suggestion? Or is it better to use Serial Modem? >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Low -- Kind regards, Milan
