On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Manfred W. Baumstark wrote:
> ide-cd" I get /dev/cdroms/cdrom* and /dev/hdb but not /dev/cdrom. How can I
> generate this entry?
>
> The same with /dev/mouse. I would like to have a symlink /dev/mouse -->
> /dev/psaux.
Ensure you have devfsd in memory:
[root@jeremi ipv4]# ps auxw | grep devfsd | grep -v grep
root 35 0.0 0.2 1184 528 ? S Feb09 0:00 devfsd /dev
and check /etc/devfsd.conf that you have autoloading uncommented
# Enable module autoloading. You may comment this out if you don't use
# autoloading
LOOKUP .* MODLOAD
(modprobe? whats modprobe? ;)
and uncommented:
# Enable full compatibility mode for old device names. You may comment
these
# out if you don't use the old device names. Make sure you know what
you're
# doing!
REGISTER .* MKOLDCOMPAT
UNREGISTER .* RMOLDCOMPAT
there is one more file which defines what modules to autoload depending on
what you are trying to finger in /dev directory:
/etc/modules.devfs
but that one should be left unchanged , its better to make sure that
aliases in modules.conf are defined correctly
and this unfortunate mouse link... just devfsd developer has serial mouse
if any ;) (i'm investigating it now) heh, it creates this link even if
i've serials away completely :) and i'm not starting daemon ;)
for now only solution is to manually remove that link and make your own
one rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm (if you use it)
hope this brings some light
Filip
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