On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 02:50:44PM -0500, Christian Convey wrote:
> Can anyone help clarify the relationship between any of the following
> things that may or may not be on my computer?
> hotplug
When an event happens on any of the various buses (pci, usb, firewire,
etc.) such as device connect
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Christian Convey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running Sarge with 2.6.8 kernel. I've got the "udev" package installed.
>
> Can anyone help clarify the relationship between any of the following
> things that may or may not be on my computer?
>
> ho
Here's an overview document that no one could point me to a few days
ago. Hope it's helpfull...
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ
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Here's the full text for any abysmally lazy readers:
Freq
Sean O'Dubhghaill wrote:
[snip]
- Does hotplug inform udev when a new device connects to the computer?
Not sure, but new devices plugged in will cause new dev entries to be made. I
think hotplug will just load the relevant modules and udev will sort out
devices on its own
Package: udev
Descrip
[snip]
>
> - Does hotplug inform udev when a new device connects to the computer?
Not sure, but new devices plugged in will cause new dev entries to be made. I
think hotplug will just load the relevant modules and udev will sort out
devices on its own
> - Does udev make use of devfs?
No
hope
Hi All!
Thanks for clearing it up!
I've kicked Devfs out of my kernel and everything is working as it
should!
Eduard
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> Do I have to EXclude this option? Does that mean that DevFS is obsolete?
Devfs is obsolete, yes. udev is the replacement.
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> Do I have to EXclude this option? Does that mean that DevFS is
obsolete?
Yes, exclude it. That is, if it's checked, uncheck it.
Yes, devfs is generally considered to be obsolete; the new favorite is
udev. See http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ,
and if you want the
Andrew,
Do I have to EXclude this option? Does that mean that DevFS is obsolete?
Eduard
On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 14:19, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> > Which options do I have to exclude in my .kernel config to prevent the
> > compiling of devFs?
>
> In 'make menuconfig', File systems -> Pseudo filesys
> Which options do I have to exclude in my .kernel config to prevent the
> compiling of devFs?
In 'make menuconfig', File systems -> Pseudo filesystems -> /dev file
system support (OBSOLETE).
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> Recall my /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules:
> BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="JUMPDRIVE", NAME="%k", symlink="jumpdrive"
> Here's the contents of /etc/auto.misc (beware of long lines):
> jumpdrive -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid,gid=floppy,dmask=002,fmask=113
:/dev/jumpdrive
> I figure
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 09:05:56AM +0200, Chris wrote:
>
> Dave - you said you were using autofs to mount some of your devices?
> You haven't got an example config file you could send?
>
Recall my /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules:
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="JUMPDRIVE", NAME="%k", symlink="jumpdrive
> "Dave" == Dave Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> However - I need the Lexar* links to go to /dev/sd?1 where ?
>> is the sd device for each in turn - in the above example
>>
>> LexarSM -> /dev/sda1 LexarCF -> /dev/sdb1 LexarSD -> /dev/sdc1
Dave> I don't have any mul
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 02:16:09PM +0200, Chris Searle wrote:
>
> However - I need the Lexar* links to go to /dev/sd?1 where ? is the sd
> device for each in turn - in the above example
>
> LexarSM -> /dev/sda1
> LexarCF -> /dev/sdb1
> LexarSD -> /dev/sdc1
I don't have any multi-function devices
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="JUMPDRIVE", NAME="%k", symlink="jumpdrive"
Some progress :-)
1) remove all devfs/compat links from rules.d and replace with a udev
link in rules (so - from devfs style naming to udev style naming)
:-)
2) Create the following to local.rules:
BUS="scsi", SYSFS{mo
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 01:30:23PM +0200, Chris Searle wrote:
>
> The other question is rights - how to set up user/groups on /dev and
> how to get devices to turn up at the same place so that they can be
> added to /etc/fstab with "user" option so I don't have to keep
> switching to root to moun
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 06:48:06PM -0600, D. Frye wrote:
>
> After installing sarge on a laptop, I get the error that not all
> packages were
> setup correctly.
>
> Looking at it closer, the error is that the kernel is configured with
> devfs,
> but devfs is not mounted anywhere. As a result, n
After installing sarge on a laptop, I get the error that not all
packages were
setup correctly.
Looking at it closer, the error is that the kernel is configured with
devfs,
but devfs is not mounted anywhere. As a result, noflushd cannot work. There
is a reference to the noflushd README which sug
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:35:12 -0800, ope wrote:
>> If devfsd is a debian install ("dpkg -l devfsd" will
>> tell you), it should
>> be set up fine.
>>
>> And, if you can see your devices as /dev/ide/...
>> then it is all fine.
>>
> Yes, devfsd is installed and I can see the devices via
> the full d
> If devfsd is a debian install ("dpkg -l devfsd" will
> tell you), it should
> be set up fine.
>
> And, if you can see your devices as /dev/ide/...
> then it is all fine.
>
Yes, devfsd is installed and I can see the devices via
the full devfs path.
> You are correct that you need to use the
> /d
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:38:43 -0800, ope wrote:
> Thanks for the response. I will try lvm10 again (I am
> avoiding lvm2 for the same reason you are). I think
> the problem may that I don't quite understand what I
> need to do to set up LVM. When lvm10 is installed
> this message is displayed:
>
Thanks for the response. I will try lvm10 again (I am
avoiding lvm2 for the same reason you are). I think
the problem may that I don't quite understand what I
need to do to set up LVM. When lvm10 is installed
this message is displayed:
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if devfs is compiled into the kernel then it MUS
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:30:06 -0800, ope wrote:
I am running sarge (testing) and have been using devfs and lvm10 for
nearly 2 years with no problems, either with stock or custom-compiled
kernels. However, I don't mix distros, and your problem may be related to
that, particularly as it once worked a
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 01:30:06PM -0800, ope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From what I can tell, it really won't matter much if I
> get rid of devfs. I wanted to check with everyone
> here to see if there were any issues with getting rid
> of devfs. Is there anything I need to look out for or
> c
> I thought devfs was going to be mostly removed from the installations.
>
> This is based on a comment I received once long ago from a Debian
> posting that devfs as a whole wasn't working out all that well and has
> been removed from the 2.6 kernel.
Yes. devfs has been declared obsolete. It wi
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On Sunday 16 November 2003 21:22, Todd Pytel wrote:
> I agree. I only had one or two issues with devfs, and those were really
> problems with other applications not being coded to recognize it.
I had some problems with devfs in connection with usb de
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:19:32 +0100
"John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 16 November 2003 12:52, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > Same story I've heard. My experience with it is pretty gwadawful.
>
> My experience with devfs has been pretty good. It's nice knowing
> exactly wh
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On Sunday 16 November 2003 12:52, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Same story I've heard. My experience with it is pretty gwadawful.
My experience with devfs has been pretty good. It's nice knowing exactly
which device is loaded just looking at the /dev f
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On Saturday 15 November 2003 14:48, Tom Allison wrote:
> This is based on a comment I received once long ago from a Debian
> posting that devfs as a whole wasn't working out all that well and has
> been removed from the 2.6 kernel.
I thought it was be
on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:48:29AM -0500, Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I was doing an installation using whatever disks I can find (stable,
> tesitng-installer) and I ran into a problem of something that I recall
> once long ago.
>
> I thought devfs was going to be mostly removed fro
> - Original Message -
> From: "Manolis Tzanidakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:49 PM
> Subject: Re: devfs and lvm
>
> [20031030] Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: devfs and lvm
[20031030] Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
Hello
> currently my s
[20031030] Benedict Verheyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
Hello
> currently my server (2.4.21) is running LVM. All partitions are on
> LVM except a boot partition. I would like to move to devfs.
> Any good documents or howto's out there that explain how to set
> this up. I understand that i
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 17:30, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> Yes, it's there! :-)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> grep devfs /proc/mounts
> none /dev devfs rw 0 0
>
> > If devfs is in /proc/filesystems,
>
> Yes, it is there too.
Just to let you all know I have solved this problem... Usually, I'm
thinking
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 17:22, Chris Niekel wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:21:50AM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> > Reading
> > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/dev_files.html
> > (which is basically the howto I'm following) I get the impression
> > that mount should know
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:21:50AM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> Reading
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/dev_files.html
> (which is basically the howto I'm following) I get the impression that
> mount should know about it if devfs is used. It says that
> mount | grep devfs
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 04:39:03PM +0200, Harry Brueckner wrote:
> I just switched to a self compiled 2.6.0-test4 kernel with devfs
> support turned on and devfsd is running nicely. Now when I boot into
> the new 2.6 kernel it starts up but throws tons of messages like
> FATAL: Module /dev/ttyx0
Harry Brueckner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just switched to a self compiled 2.6.0-test4 kernel with devfs support
> turned on and devfsd is running nicely.
> On my old 2.4.20 kernel I did not use devfs.
>
> Now when I boot into the new 2.6 kernel it starts up but throws tons of
> messages like
>
> .
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 15:43, Tom Badran wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 15:39, Harry Brueckner wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just switched to a self compiled 2.6.0-test4 kernel with devfs support
> > turned on and devfsd is running nicely.
> > On my old 2.4.20 kernel I did not use devfs.
> > Any
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 15:39, Harry Brueckner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just switched to a self compiled 2.6.0-test4 kernel with devfs support
> turned on and devfsd is running nicely.
> On my old 2.4.20 kernel I did not use devfs.
> Any ideas what might be wrong?
Prehaps you need devfsd?
Tom
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Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 16:11]:
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:11:00 +0900
>> Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Any devfs experts know how to fix this line properly?
>>
>> Correct the typo in "REGISTER"?
>
> Thanks. Do you wan
* Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 16:11]:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:11:00 +0900
> Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The last line of
> > this file must be malformed. I simply commented it out.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 17% cat /etc/devfs/conf.d/alsa
> > # device permissions
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:11:00 +0900
Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The last line of
> this file must be malformed. I simply commented it out.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 17% cat /etc/devfs/conf.d/alsa
> # device permissions for ALSA sound devices.
> REGISTER ^snd/.*PERMISSIONS root.au
Hi again,
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030829 14:36]:
> Hi all,
>
> firstly please excuse possible line wrap problems and lack of my usual gpg
> signature. I'm sending this via squirrel mail for reasons described below.
Yay, no more web mail.
> I'm running sid with a 2.6.0-test2 ker
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:05:52PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> > > What I _did_ try was
> > >
> > > mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
> > >
> > > and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the
> like setup so
> > > I guess perhaps at least THA
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 04:05:52PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> > What I _did_ try was
> >
> > mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
> >
> > and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the like setup so
> > I guess perhaps at least THAT little bit has cha
On Sunday 26 January 2003 15:32, Dave W wrote:
> What I _did_ try was
>
> mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
>
> and that still fails. I still have scsi emulation and the like setup so
> I guess perhaps at least THAT little bit has changed. Perhaps it's
> using sr or sg or one of the other scsi alphabet soup
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 00:09, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> devfsd creates symlinks from old device names to devfs device names.
> /dev/hda1 will be a symlink to ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1. Your
> /dev/cdrom will be a symlink to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0.
>
> So "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy" will still wor
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0500, Dave W wrote:
> I've been messing around with devfs in sid, trying to learn my way
> around, since this may be the way of the future ... and although
> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd makes good SENSE and is pretty easy
> to figure out, it's not so qui
"Jameson C. Burt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For "Device File System", Debian "devfsd" package,
> how might I test that "devfsd" properly creates files in /dev?
Does your kernel actually have devfs support? I believe the standard
Debian kernel's don't, or at least don't have it enabled by defa
Hello
> For "Device File System", Debian "devfsd" package,
> how might I test that "devfsd" properly creates files in /dev?
Try hotplug and use usbview to see usb devices.
I had same problem, after several tryes it worked (never understand why :-)
David Dumortier
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 09:02:40PM -0500, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
> For "Device File System", Debian "devfsd" package,
> how might I test that "devfsd" properly creates files in /dev?
>
> As a particular example, I work with the Debian "camserv" package,
> so I added to devfsd's configuration file,
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:23, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> How do I change the group ID for a device with devfs?
> Right now my scanner is on:
> crwx--1 root root 21, 1 Dec 31 1969
>/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target5/lun0/generic
>
> I have to go in and chmod 777 to run the scanner as a
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 06:12:57AM +0800, csj wrote:
| On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:05:01 -0500
| "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
| > The only odd thing I've noticed is the root= parameter to the kernel.
| > That must be the old name. I have no idea why, but trying the devfs
| >
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:05:01 -0500
"Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only odd thing I've noticed is the root= parameter to the kernel.
> That must be the old name. I have no idea why, but trying the devfs
> name fails.
>
> Here's my grub stanza for booting the pre-pack
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 06:45:43AM +0800, csj wrote:
| On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:36:25 -0500
| "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
| > I've been using devfs for months. I really like it. It makes it much
| > easier to identify problems with "missing" devices. (I can't read my
|
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 04:31:34AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> Just what *is* the path to the joystick device in /dev under devfs? I
> do have my modules installed for it and everything, though I compiled
> them post-reboot...
I think you need to look for /dev/input/js[01]
If you have a
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 04:31, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> Just what *is* the path to the joystick device in /dev under devfs? I
> do have my modules installed for it and everything, though I compiled
> them post-reboot...
>
please, please, someone answer this :)
pretty please?
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, dman wrote:
> I remember that guy. He had some trouble understanding that /tmp is
> for temporary stuff and $HOME is for doing work.
It reminds me of a few years ago when I was working as a tech intern at
large on my high school campus and some teacher in the Community School
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 12:58:16PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
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| > On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:30:44PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
| >
| > | I remember an irate poster a while back coming at the list with "what
| > | gives you the right to delete my data?!" after having stor
begin dman quotation:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:30:44PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
>
> | I remember an irate poster a while back coming at the list with "what
> | gives you the right to delete my data?!" after having stored a bunch of
> | stuff in /tmp and losing it across a reboot. It was so
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:30:44PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
| * dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020331 22:04]:
| > On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 03:55:48AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
| > | OK, I installed devfs and it seems to be working OK, I'm wondering how I
| > | ditch the original disk-based /de
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020331 22:04]:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 03:55:48AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> | OK, I installed devfs and it seems to be working OK, I'm wondering how I
> | ditch the original disk-based /dev filesystem now.
>
> Boot with a floppy or cd. Then you can get to
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 03:55:48AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
| OK, I installed devfs and it seems to be working OK, I'm wondering how I
| ditch the original disk-based /dev filesystem now.
Boot with a floppy or cd. Then you can get to the contents of 'dev'
on disk. (I need to do this so
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On Monday 04 February 2002 2:35 am, Mircea Luca wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> I just spend the last 2 hours reading the various docs on the net, the
> devfsd manpage
> and /etc/init.d/devfsd but still can't figure out how to create a
> symlink /dev/dvd -->
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:23:32PM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:57:41PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> > Problem: devfs & devfsd do not create /dev/cdroms and /dev/tapes and
> > related symbolic links.
> >
[snip]
> > Any thoughts on how I can get devfs to create /dev/c
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:57:41PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> Problem: devfs & devfsd do not create /dev/cdroms and /dev/tapes and
> related symbolic links.
>
> woody box
> devfsd 1.3.21-3
> stock kernel-image 2.4.17-386
> Modules loaded that pertain to scsi: sg, aic7xxx, ide-probe-mod,
> ide-
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:37:33AM +0800, --- wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:44:03PM +0200, arf wrote:
> > Le Jeudi 6 Septembre 2001 17:33, --- a ?crit :
> > > problem: everytime i boot to 24.7. with devfs i have these msgs:
> > >
> > > can't locate module: /dev/xconsole
> > > can't locate mo
Daniel Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > problem: everytime i boot to 24.7. with devfs i have these msgs:
> >
> > can't locate module: /dev/xconsole
> > can't locate module: /var/log/ksymoops/*.log can't create regular \
> > file. read-only filesystem
--- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> problem: everytime i boot to 24.7. with devfs i have these msgs:
>
> can't locate module: /dev/xconsole
> can't locate module: /var/log/ksymoops/*.log can't create regular \
> file. read-only filesystem...
> can't locate module: /dev/cdrom1
if've got the p
On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 10:33, --- wrote:
> problem: everytime i boot to 24.7. with devfs i have these msgs:
>
> can't locate module: /dev/xconsole
> can't locate module: /var/log/ksymoops/*.log can't create regular \
> file. read-only filesystem...
> can't locate module: /dev/cdrom1
>
> can
> "Andrew" == Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> I was wondering if anyone out there has an oppinion on devfs.
Andrew> I'm considering it for a system that I'm building and some
Andrew> real life experiences with it would be helpful.
Devfs is quite stable. I use it on two differ
* Andrew Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> Hi All,
> I was wondering if anyone out there has an oppinion on devfs. I'm
> considering it for a system that I'm building and some real life
> experiences with it would be helpful.
>
> One of the topics that I'm researching is the fact that i
> "Mark" == Mark Devin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mark> I am running devfs with devfsd (because I thought it was the
Mark> way things were going in the 2.4 kernels). I can't seem to
Mark> get my soundcard to work and I am beginning to think it may
Mark> be a problem related t
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