Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for that very extensive explanation Patrick. It is much appreciated
> and
> though I was going to leave the whole thing as is till another time. I am
> prompted by the time you have taken to explain this to write more.
You're very welcome. I only hope that it helps you out.
> I don't have /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules But do
> have /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules
Yes, you will have to create that file if you decide to go the udev
route. I wouldn't use any other already existing rules files, should
you be tempted to do that, just because it may mess up something in your
system udev setup. I also think the above 10-local.rules loads earlier
than those files, and this is what you want.
> I did:
>
> # udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sda1)
>
> I get two entries for the Olympus camera:
>
[snip udevinfo]
>
> Then did:
>
> KERNEL=="sda1", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", {serial}=="X11017714", SYMLINK+="cam"
Okay, I think I can see what is causing you trouble here. Rather than
{serial}==... I believe you should have ATTRS{serial}==... I am
certainly no expert, and it has been a while since I messed about with
any udev rules as I am trying to cut back on my drinking ;-), but I
do think the entire label is necessary. That seems backed up by your
result of "command not found" for the {serial}... input. I believe you
could add the ATTRS and find it will then work.
> As far as uuid is concerned, I get an id, but not a uuid, so I tried to enter
> the appropriate id into /etc/fstab but it didn't take there either. Not the
> id. There was no uuid i could discover, but forget what command I used to
> find the id.
If you type `ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid` in a terminal you should get back
a list of all your disks uuid symlinks. If you plugged in your camera
already, one of them should be something like CAMERA-UUID -> ../../sda1.
This is what you are looking for, and you put this symlink in your
fstab. Just use the format of UUID=CAMERA-UUID in place of /dev/sda1.
For example, mine is "UUID=3874-E1C0 /mnt/sansa vfat user,noauto 0 0"
rather than "/dev/sda1 /mnt/sansa ..." In the end, much less messy than
udev rules I think.
Hope you get it working.
Patrick
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